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Darwin and Palmerston | Katherine
| East Arnhem | Barkly
| Alice Springs
darwin and palmerston
service delivery and performance
- Darwin service models redevelopment. Redevelop existing services
for single adults and families to better meet contemporary needs.
Client Populations: Single adults, families, accompanying children,
people with mental health issues
Anticipated timing: December 2001
accommodation providers
A New Start Towards Independence - ANSTI
ANSTI provides supported accommodation predominantly for single
men however assistance may be provided to single women, families
and single parents who are homeless or at risk. Services include
referral and information, advocacy, living skills workshops and
follow up support.
Telephone/ Fax
8988 2600/ 8988 2611
Anglicare Top End
Darwin Medium Term Youth Accommodation & Advocacy Service.
The Medium Term Accommodation Program provides supported accommodation
to young people aged 15-19, including young couples and families.
It provides outreach support, advocacy, emergency financial assistance
(through Emergency Relief Program), community education and information
and referral assistance.
Telephone/ Fax
8985 0000/ 8985 0001
Anglicare Youth Housing Program: Palmerston & Rural (AYHP:PR)
The program provides for crisis/transitional accommodation and support
needs of homeless young people (15 - 19 years) or those at risk
of homelessness in the Palmerston and rural area. Services include
outreach support, inter-agency case management and a number of small-scale
initiatives. The program will work in conjunction with a research
project, funded by Territory Housing, to document the new initiatives.
Telephone/ Fax
8985 0000/ 8985 0001
Bakhita Centre - St Vincent de Paul
The Bakhita Centre provides supported accommodation for homeless
men over the age of 18 years. Services include day support, outreach,
advocacy and information. Clients have the opportunity to plan for
their future through case management and for personal development
through day activities. They may also be assisted to carry out voluntary
work and to obtain casual and permanent paid employment.
Telephone/ Fax
8985 5333/ 8985 6758
Casy House (YWCA)
Casy House provides crisis short-term accommodation for young people
aged between 15-18 years. Other services include advocacy and referral.
Telephone/ Fax
8948 2044/ 8948 3868
Catherine Booth House (Salvation Army)
Crisis/short-term accommodation for single women aged 18 years and
over who do not have accompanying children. Outreach support, information,
referral and advocacy services are also offered.
Telephone/ Fax
8981 5928/ 8981 6402
Community Placement Program (YWCA)
The Community Placement Program predominantly provides medium to
long term supported accommodation for young people aged 15-19 years.
The service links young people who are homeless or at risk with
households looking to take on a boarder. Clients receive financial
and outreach support.
Telephone/ Mobile/ Fax
8945 7474/0413 730 065/ 8945 3774
Coral House
Supported accommodation, day support, advocacy, information and
referral services for Vietnam Veterans. Supported accommodation
is also provided to homeless single men over 18 years of age, if
they are rated compatible by the Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service.
Telephone/ Fax
8948 0050/ 8985 4580
Crisis Care and Resource Centre (Christian Outreach Centre)
The Christian Outreach Centre provides short-term supported accommodation
to families and single women over 18 who are in crisis and/or homeless.
The service provides referral and outreach support. Accommodation
is also provided to disadvantaged children from remote areas, renal
patients, hospital warrants and remote Territorians.
A part-time Children's Case Manager provides case management to
accompanying children of families attending the centre using early
intervention/prevention practices through educational and developmental
work and counselling for parents and parenting skills training are
also be provided.
Telephone/ Fax
8947 0633/ 8947 0722
Darwin Aboriginal and Islander Women's Shelter (DAIWS)
The service predominantly provides crisis/short-term supported accommodation
to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and women with children
who are homeless or escaping domestic violence. The service also
provides information and referral services.
Telephone/ Fax
8945 2284/ 8945 1852
Darwin Homeless Person's Centre (Sunrise Centre - Salvation
Army)
The Sunrise Centre provides overnight accommodation to single men
over 18. The Centre also provides information, referral and advocacy
services and evening meals are also available for non-resident men,
women and children.
Telephone/ Fax
8981 4199/ 8981 1184
Towards Independence - Top End (Salvation Army)
Helping families move to independence through outreach support,
case management, living skills training and educative workshops.
Telephone
8952 9815
Dawn House Women's Refuge
Dawn House provides supported accommodation, advocacy, referral,
counselling and outreach support to women and women with children
escaping domestic violence. Other services include education/promotion
of a violence free society.
Telephone/ Fax
8945 1388/ 8945 2626
Stanley House (YWCA)
Stanley House provides medium to long-term supported accommodation,
telephone support and referral and outreach support to young women
aged 15-24 years.
Oakley House
Medium to long-term supported accommodation to young women aged
15-24 years who are pregnant or have a child under the age of 12
months.
Telephone/ Fax
8945 3774/ 8945 5431
Ozanam House (St Vincent de Paul)
Overnight shelter for homeless men over 16. A meal service is also
available for men, women, children and families who are not resident
at the service.
Telephone/ Fax
8981 4374/ 8981 1950
Palmerston Community Accommodation (Somerville)
Medium/long term supported accommodation for women, women with children,
youth over 16, men and families in crisis. The service also provides
agency and outreach support, counselling, transport, budgeting assistance,
emergency relief, information and referral.
Telephone/ Fax
8932 6111/ 89326441
Ruby Gaea Collective - Darwin Centre Against Rape
Ruby Gaea is a community based and managed service offering comprehensive
counselling, referral, advocacy, support and information for sexual
assault survivors. It also offers community education to raise awareness
and understanding of sexual assault. Support is also available for
family members, partners and friends of clients as a secondary client
group.
Telephone/ Fax
8945 0155/ 8945 2783
YWCA Palmerston Family Crisis & Accommodation Support Service
An integrated service that provides supported accommodation to families
in the Darwin and Palmerston region. The service offers outreach
support, advocacy, referral and support for accompanying children.
Telephone/ Fax
8932 9155/ 8932 9177
Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Programs (CAAPS)
A community based outreach and referral project to reduce the incidence
of homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
living in the Darwin/Palmerston area. The primary target group is
Indigenous itinerants.
Telephone/ Fax
8922 4800/ 8922 4832
SAAP Mental Health Resource Worker (Top End Association for
Mental Health Association)
The SAAP Mental Health Worker will not provide a direct service
to clients, but rather to SAAP organisations to educate, train and
support them in relation to their service delivery to clients with
a mental health issue.
Telephone/ Fax
8981 4128/ 8981 4933
katherine
service delivery and performance
- Develop formal and informal mechanisms to facilitate collaboration
and integration between SAAP and related services.
Client Population: SAAP clients in Katherine Region
Anticipated timing: June 2003
accommodation providers
Katherine Community Accommodation and Support Program (Anglicare
Top End)
An integrated medium term supported accommodation, advocacy and
outreach support service, with provision for limited crisis accommodation
beds for families. Client groups include families, couples and women
(with or without children) in crisis.
Telephone/ Fax
8972 1571/ 8971 2794
Katherine Women's Crisis Centre
Short term supported accommodation to women and women with children.
Services include advocacy and referral including court support,
emergency relief financial assistance, transport, and education/promotion
of a violence free society.
Telephone/ Fax
8972 1332/ 8971 0338
Somerville Youth and Family Services
Somerville Youth and Family Services Katherine provides practical
support and counselling for youth and families (with a focus on
youth). Services include mediation, advocacy, information, referral,
liaison, and outreach support. Crisis and short term transitional
accommodation is provided through the community placement program
or emergency accommodation.
Telephone/ Fax
8971 1107/ 8971 0977
Ormonde House (St Vincent de Paul)
Ormonde House provides short-term and medium term supported accommodation
to single men. The service also provides meals, counselling and
advocacy.
Telephone/ Fax
8972 1956/ 8972 2299
east arnhem
service delivery and performance
- Development of family violence and sexual assault purchasing
plan for the East Arnhem region. Client Population: Members of
communities in East Arnhem working to reduce violence and sexual
assault.
Anticipated Timing: December 2001
accommodation providers
Crisis Accommodation Gove
A refuge for women and children escaping domestic and family violence
and crisis/short term accommodation and support to individuals and
families in crisis. Services include counselling and emotional support,
referral, outreach, living skills, court support and emergency relief
financial assistance.
Telephone/ Fax
8987 1166/ 8987 1172
barkly
service delivery and performance
- Identify opportunities for town based services to work in partnership
with remote services to improve access to services.
- Develop a model for family crisis services in rural and remote
areas.
Client Population: Members of communities in Tennant Creek and
Barkly
working to reduce violence and sexual assault.
Anticipated timing: June 2002
accommodation providers
Tennant Creek Women's Shelter
Short-term crisis supported accommodation for women and children
who are escaping domestic violence. Women and children who are homeless
and young women (16 & 17 year olds) are a secondary client group.
Services include meals, advocacy, referral (court support), access
to interpreter services, outreach, community education and liaison
with kindergarten and schools.
Telephone/ Fax
8962 1940/ 8962 1080
alice springs
service delivery and performance
- Identify and implement an appropriate SAAP response in Central
Australia, particularly in Alice Springs, in relation to services
for young people. Client Population: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
youth, young people in rural and remote locations
Anticipated timing: June 2002
accommodation providers
Alice Springs Women's Shelter
Supported accommodation to women and women with children who are
escaping domestic violence. The service also provides outreach support
and advocacy, community education, information, professional counselling,
advice and referral. Accommodation and support for homeless women,
not escaping domestic violence when capacity is available.
Telephone/ Fax
8952 6075/ 8952 5207
Alice Springs Youth Accommodation Support Service (ASYASS)
Multiple coordinated services including referral, supported accommodation
and counselling for 15 - 24 year olds. Advocacy according to areas
of need eg: care and protection, housing, income, legal issues,
education, employment and health. An early intervention transitional
program to allow young women who are pregnant or with their first
baby, access to safe affordable housing, parenting support and education
Funding is also received from Job Placement Employment and Training
(JPET) and the Emergency Relief Program, which are complimentary
to SAAP.
Telephone/ Fax
8953 4200/ 8952 4168
Bill Braitling Transitional Housing Complex (Anglicare Central
Australia)
A shared housing estate to provide medium-term accommodation for
individuals or couples who are in transition from medical and other
treatment programs.
Telephone/ Fax
8952 9671/ 8955 5037
Salvation Army Towards Independence Program - Alice Springs
Assistance for families including single men with children and young
couples who are homeless or at risk, there is no age limit. The
service currently manages 4 transitional housing properties and
provides housing outreach and support.
Telephone
8952 9815
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