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Funding Sources
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
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IHSS Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy - Assists humanitarian entrants achieve self sufficiency as soon as possible. Includes case coordination, information & referrals, proposer support, developing community networks, on arrival reception and assistance, housing and accommodation, torture and trauma counselling.
Settlement Grants Program - Aims to provide information, referral and casework services, community capacity building and service planning, development and community integration to humanitarian entrants and migrants who have less than 5 years in Australia. Service outreaches to Beenleigh/Eagleby
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
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Personal Support Program - Case management program offering one on one counselling and personal support to assist disadvantaged individuals to address and overcome barriers to social and economic disadvantage.
NRMA
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Riding Against Crime (RAC) - Crime Prevention Program assisting newly arrived young people to learn respect, self control and responsibility by caring for a mistreated animal.
Department of Housing - Community Renewal
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Multicultural Awareness Program (MAP)- cultural awareness program delivered to 20 local schools
Healthy Family Relationships Program - Pilot program that addresses family conflict in African Communities. The partnership model and framework was tested in two communities through this pilot
Multicultural Affairs Queensland
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Building the Capacity of African Communities- Research program
Department of Housing - Community Renewal and DEIR
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The Cultural and Literacy Development (CALD) Hub multi-agency model that delivers language, literacy and numeracy skills to refugees and newly arrived migrants - Community Renewal provided funding for establishment costs and evaluation, the DEIR funding contributes to the employment of a TAFE Teacher.
Training for Multicultural Communities Life Skills Project - provides multicultural groups with access to social, economic and community support opportunities via training and other engagement initiatives.
DEIR
QWT
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Skilling Queenslanders for Work- Muslim Engagement program including job search, interview techniques, employer networking, Muslim job seeker and employer forums.
Training and Employment for Migrants Pathways and Transitions (TEMPT). Project aimed at parents receiving parenting payments from Centrelink and women over 45 entering the workforce through the provision of employment assistance, training and intensive case management.
SQW
ACCESS Employment Pathways - is a multi-regional program that provides individualised employment assistance for unemployed people in the Logan, Beenleigh and Gold Coast regions. The Program has a specific focus on migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants from a non English speaking background. All services are provided at no cost to eligible participants or employers. Within this funding is $50,000 per annum toward the ASI Driving School, which partly funds clients lessons and testing.
ACCESS Employment Pathways - Targeted Programs 2008 provides a range of options for participants to gain sustainable employment with local employers in demonstrated skill shortage industries. The programs were developed in consultation with peak bodies and significant local employers to ensure individual program content is relevant to industry and the support mechanisms are in place to provide sustainable long term employment for participants.
ACCESS Employment Pathways- Diversity in Aged Care Work Program was initiated as a response to consultations with Aged and Community Care providers on the gold coast. The Diversity in Aged Care Work program is based on the very successful Logan African and multicultural aged care WP’s.
Traineeship Positions part funding for two traineeships positions in the Youth and Employment teams in ASI
TIC
This funding is to support the Muslim employment project with a flexible training account to help participants obtain work with items such as childcare and transport costs.
WELL
This Workplace English Language and Literacy program is to train and support bilingual community assistants to improve their level of English.
Organisations auspice by ASI
Pan Pacific Oceania – DEIR
Employment Program – Funded to deliver a community based employment program which includes job search and resume preparation.
Funding to Employ a community development worker for 18 weeks
Usindi Choir – Logan City Council
Produce and perform “A Song for Logan”
Tuvalu - GCBF
Purchase sound system and material for costumes
Ndabga Micho Dance Group
Purchase costumes and musical instruments
Partner Organisations
Spot Youth Centre
Australia Post
Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast Inc.
PCYC
Immigrant Women's Support Services
Multicultural Families Organisation Inc.
January 2009