SGS Economics and Planning Pty Ltd (SGS) were commissioned in early 2007 to evaluate the Communities in Crisis policy initiative. The Communities in Crisis (CIC) policy was announced as a strategy for whole of government intervention to address crisis in nominated, discrete Indigenous communities.
The specific objectives of the policy included:
The approach requires the Commonwealth and State Governments to work together to address a number of objectives, while recognising the responsibilities of each level of government. The objectives, dependant on the need within individual communities, are:
- Stabilising communities (e.g. family violence, substance abuse, corruption)
- Re-establishing basic services
- Developing local plans of action
- Building governance, capacity and leadership
- Helping communities engage with government
- Improving service delivery
