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Table 4.19 below, contains details of FaHCSIA Discretionary Grants for the period 1 July 2008 to 31 December 2008.
Information on grants awarded by FaHCSIA since 1 January 2009 is available at FaHCSIA website (www.fahcsia.gov.au).
| Program name | Program description | Output group |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA)-Payments under section 64(4) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 | Funding for projects that provide benefits to Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory in the areas of economic development, land and sea management, community enhancement, scholarship and sponsorship in education and leadership, and ceremonial and funeral support. | 1.2 |
| Australian Remote Indigenous Accommodation (ARIA) | Funding was provided to state and territory governments and Indigenous organisations for the period of 1 July to 31 December 2008. ARIA funded community housing, infrastructure and essential services largely in rural and remote areas to reduce overcrowding in remote Indigenous communities. ARIA also provided some assistance for Indigenous people to directly purchase new homes or to lease-purchase homes and fund a range of national projects. | 1.2 |
| Broadband for Seniors | Funding to establish a network of internet kiosks in locations frequented by seniors to address barriers that limit seniors' capacity to access the information and community resources needed to remain involved in social and community activities. | 2.1 |
| Combating Petrol Sniffing | Funding to reduce the incidence of substance abuse in declared petrol sniffing strategy zones, funding for prevention, early intervention and treatment issues, and tailored support packages to communities experiencing the impact of substance abuse. | 1.2 |
| Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) | Funding for unemployed Indigenous people to provide participation opportunities through activities that develop their skills and improve their employability in order to achieve economic independence. | 1.2 |
| Community Engagement | Funding to support volunteering, developing leadership, mentoring and life skills, strengthening ties between business and the community to improve outcomes for individual, families and to strengthen communities. | 4.4 |
| Family Relationships | Funding to support Australian families to have healthy, resilient relationships, through times of family change and stress. | 3.1 |
| Financial Management | Funding to improve the financial self-reliance and wellbeing of individuals and families. | 4.2 |
| Homelessness and Housing | Funding to support initiatives aimed at improving responses to the causes and outcomes of homelessness and to improve housing affordability. | 4.1 |
| Indigenous Communities Strategic Investment | Funding to support Indigenous communities to implement identified priorities and enable tailored responses to local community needs, particularly where there is a clear commitment to share responsibility between government and community. | 1.2 |
| Indigenous Leadership | Funding to enhance Indigenous women's leadership, representation, safety, wellbeing and economic status. | 1.2 |
| Mental Health | Funding to deliver community based projects to assist families, carers, children and young people affected by mental illness, with a particular focus on Indigenous families and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. | 2.2 |
| Native Title and Land Rights | Funding to assist Indigenous Australians to exercise their legal rights in respect to land, sea and Native Title. | 1.2 |
| Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) | Funding for a whole-of-government response to coordinate welfare reform, employment, law and order, supporting families and housing and land reform in Indigenous communities. | 1.2 |
| National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) | Aims to increase the supply of affordable rental dwellings in Australia. Funding for a National Rental Incentive is allocated to providers of new dwellings on the condition that they are rented to low and moderate income households at 20 per cent below market rents. | 4.1 |
| Parenting | Funding to promote and support the positive development and wellbeing of children in the early years, with a focus on vulnerable children. This is achieved through the provision of early intervention, prevention and capacity building initiatives to support and strengthen families. | 3.1 |
| Payments to universities and other organisations for special studies and research | Funding for Indigenous research to enable FaHCSIA and the Australian Government to develop sound evidence-based policy and programs across a broad realm of social and economic areas. | 1.2 |
| Public Awareness | Funds initiatives that raise public awareness in the wider community of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues and culture. Includes funding to conduct the annual National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) community celebrations. | 1.2 |
| Services for People with Disability | Funding to improve the economic and social participation of people with disability by providing supported employment, improving access to information, and assisting with access to services. Funding also for assisting children with autism. | 2.2 |
| Support for Carers | Funding to assist carers to continue in their caring role and to prepare for life after caring through respite and information services for young carers and peer support groups for parents of young children with disability. | 2.3 |
| Women's Leadership and Development | Funds initiatives to build women's capacity to take on greater leadership responsibilities, communication and consultation activities with women's groups. Also funds research relevant to women and activities that recognise the achievement of women in all sectors of society. | 2.5 |
| Women's Safety Agenda | Funding to address violence against women in four broad themes-prevention, health, justice and services. Together they aim to decrease the impacts of domestic violence and sexual assault upon the community. | 2.5 |
| Youth Homelessness | Funding to improve the level of engagement in family, work, education and the community of young people (including newly arrived young people) who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and their families. | 2.4 |