Programs, grants and funding

The Australian Government has established the Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), to help communities protect themselves against the impacts of natural hazards across Australia.

The Disaster Recovery Standing Panel is a pre-approved list of suppliers that can get critically needed goods and services to communities recovering from disasters. 

The Protecting Our Communities (Disaster Resilience) Program has been established by the Australian Government to improve disaster resilience and preparedness in communities at a local level. These were Federal Election 2022 Commitments for NSW.

Recovery Services Capacity Grants will provide $2.4 million in targeted funding to increase the capacity and capability for Non-Government Organisations to coordinate, train and support informal volunteers in the recovery stage of disaster events.

The Resilient Homes Program provides financial assistance to homeowners to improve the flood resilience of residential properties in the Northern Rivers and Central West.

The Spontaneous Volunteers Support Program (SVSP) has been established in response to the 2022 NSW Flood Inquiry’s recommendation that the NSW Government create a program to support better coordination of community efforts to save life and property during a disaster. 

The $52.5 million 2021 Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Program (CLIRP) is supporting the social recovery of targeted storm and flood affected local government areas (LGAs) by providing funding for the repair, restoration and enhancement of damaged community infrastructure.

$44 million for the repair, restoration or betterment of Aboriginal-owned social infrastructure that was damaged by the February and June 2022 severe weather and floods.

$70 million for the repair, restoration or betterment of community infrastructure that was damaged by the February and June 2022 floods.

The $25 million Community Assets Program 2024 is co-funded by the Australian and NSW Governments and is a firm commitment to ensuring disaster impacted communities in Central West NSW have what they need to thrive.

This fund supports the repair and rebuilding of public assets directly damaged by the bushfires of 2019/20 and flood events of 2021 and early 2022.

The Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund (BCRRF) offered financial support to communities affected by the 2019-20 bushfires.

Funding was provided to local not-for-profit organisations delivering vital recovery services in the Northern Rivers following the 2022 floods.

The program funded locally led initiatives and events that strengthened social resilience, improved community connectedness and aided recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.

This grant program supported the work of locally-based groups in remote, rural and regional NSW that played a critical role in assisting their communities to navigate the impacts of COVID.

The Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF) was a targeted funding program supporting the prevention, mitigation and management of disaster risk in NSW. 

The Flood Rescue Capability Enhancement Program provided capability enhancement funding recommended by the 2022 NSW Flood Inquiry.
 

This program supported the economic recovery of villages and town centres through direct assistance to small & medium sized businesses and local government-led CBD activation and revitalisation projects.

Over 200 projects were delivered to reduce disaster risk and build resilience across NSW communities, supported through six targeted funding streams.