Communities 

Additional Commonwealth Financial Counselling - December 2009 

Additional Commonwealth Financial Counselling
Organisation State/Territory-Region Amount per year to 2011
UnitingCare Mental Health NSW – Canterbury/Bankstown and South Western Sydney $54,000
The Sydney Home Mission Society Council NSW – Canterbury/Bankstown and South Western Sydney $54,000
The Sydney Home Mission Society Council NSW - Sydney West and Blue Mountains $54,000
The Wyong Neighbourhood Centre Inc NSW - Central Coast $90,000
Samaritans Foundation NSW - Hunter $90,000
Southern Youth and Family Services Association Inc NSW – Illawarra, Wollongong and Region $54,000
Mission Australia NSW – Far South Coast $108,000
The Sydney Home Mission Society NSW – Inner Sydney $90,000
Centacare Wilcannia-Forbes NSW - Central $90,000
The Salvation Army Australia MoneyCare North NSW NSW - Northern $90,000
Upper Murray Family Care Inc NSW - Murray $108,000
Northern Area Tenants Service Inc NSW – Northern Sydney $108,000
The Salvation Army Australian MoneyCare ACT and South NSW ACT - ACT and region $90,000
Casey North Community Information and Support Service Inc VIC - South Eastern Melbourne $90,000
Broadmeadows UnitingCare VIC - North Western Melbourne (Hume) $54,000
Kildonan UnitingCare VIC - North Western Melbourne (Whittlesea) $54,000
UnitingCare Sunshine Mission VIC - North Western Melbourne (Maribyrnong and Hobson’s Bay) $54,000
St Luke’s Anglicare VIC - Bendigo (with outreach to Echuca region, including Kyabram) $90,000
Bendigo Family and Financial Services Inc VIC - Bendigo $90,000
UnitingCare Wodonga VIC – Central $54,000
Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Inc VIC – Central $54,000
Mallee Family Care Inc VIC - Mildura $90,000
Family Mediation Centre VIC – Gippsland $54,000
Berry Street Victoria Inc VIC – Gippsland (Including Indigenous Communities) $54,000
Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau VIC - Springvale $90,000
Bundaberg Housing Services Inc QLD - Bundaberg-Hervey Bay $90,000
Lifeline Community Care Queensland QLD – Cairns and Cape York $144,000
Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd QLD – Cairns and Cape York $144,000
The Salvation Army Australia MoneyCare South Qld QLD - Caboolture-Sunshine Coast $90,000
The Salvation Army Australian MoneyCare Central and North Qld QLD - Townsville-Thuringowa $90,000
Lifeline Community Care Queensland QLD - Southern Wide Bay-Burnett $54,000
Lifeline Community Care Queensland. QLD - North-West (west of Townsville) $90,000
Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd QLD - South West $90,000
CQ Financial Counselling Association Inc QLD - Central West (West of Rockhampton) $90,000
Lutheran Community Care SA - Northern and Western Adelaide $54,000
The Salvation Army (SA) Property Trust SA - Riverland $54,000
Lifeline South East South Australia Inc SA – South East $54,000
The Salvation Army (SA) Property Trust SA - State-wide Telephone service $180,000
The Salvation Army Tasmania TAS - North West/ Northern Tasmania $54,000
The Salvation Army (WA) Property Trust WA – South West Perth (Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham) $90,000
St Vincent de Paul Society (WA) Inc WA – South West Perth (Mandurah) $90,000
Agencies for South West Accommodation Inc WA – South West (Bunbury, Busselton and Harvey) $90,000
Somerville Community Services Inc NT – State-wide Telephone Service $72,000
The Salvation Army (NT) Property Trust NT – Darwin area $54,000

In addition, funding was approved earlier in 2009 for extra Commonwealth Financial Counselling capacity:

New Organisations
Organisation State/Territory-Region Amount Per Year to 2011
Bridging the Gap Sydney West Inc NSW - Western Sydney $54,000
Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre Inc NSW - Mid-north coast $90,000
Northern Area Tenants Service Inc NSW - Western Sydney $90,000
Parramatta Mission NSW - Western Sydney $54,000
Prisoners' Legal Service Inc QLD - For prisoners and their families $90,000
The Salvation Army Queensland QLD - South-East Queensland $90,000
Anglicare SA Inc SA - North/West Adelaide $90,000
The Salvation Army Tasmania TAS - South-eastern Tasmania $90,000
Geelong Ethnic Communities Council/Diversitat VIC - Greater Geelong $90,000
The Salvation Army Western Australia WA - Perth, including Mirrabooka $90,000
UnitingCare West WA - Perth $90,000

 

Existing Organisations
Organisation State/Territory-Region Additional Amount Per Year to 2011
Care Inc ACT $19,500
Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW) Inc ACT/NSW - telephone housing debt financial counselling $40,500
Anglicare North Coast Inc NSW - Mid-North Coast $15,750
CatholicCare NSW - Western Sydney $73,250
Centacare Wilcannia-Forbes NSW - Central and Far West areas $73,250
Christian Community Aid Service Inc NSW - Ryde area $18,000
Forster Neighbourhood Centre Inc NSW - Forster region $40,500
Lifeline Macarthur NSW - Macarthur region and Southern Highlands $40,500
Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter NSW - Newcastle area $20,250
Lismore and District Financial Counselling Service Inc NSW - Richmond-Tweed area $40,500
Mission Australia NSW - men in Western Sydney who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless $101,250
Wagga Wagga Family Support Service Inc NSW - Wagga Wagga area $40,500
Wesley Counselling Services NSW - Western Sydney $101,250
Anglicare NT NT - Katherine area $19,500
Tangentyere Council Inc NT - Central Australia $26,000
Lifeline Community Care Queensland QLD - telephone financial counselling for central, western, north and far north Queensland $181,600
Centacare Catholic Family Services, Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie SA - Eyre Peninsula $20,250
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc SA - Southern Adelaide $44,000
UnitingCare Wesley Port Pirie Inc SA - Port Pirie/Port Augusta area $20,250
Bendigo Community Health Services Ltd VIC - Bendigo region $40,500
Djerriwarrh Health Services VIC - Melton area $40,500
Kildonan UnitingCare VIC - bushfire affected regions $20,000
The Salvation Army Victoria VIC - Greater Dandenong $90,000
City of Wanneroo WA - Wanneroo area $38,250
Financial Counsellors' Association of Western Australia (Inc) WA - telephone financial counselling $101,250
MIDLAS Inc WA - Swan/Mundaring area $25,650

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