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Aboriginal Homelessness Support Service (operating as Innari Housing) provides services specific to Aboriginal people, families, Aboriginal women with or without children, Aboriginal men with or without children, Aboriginal single women, Aboriginal single men, and Aboriginal youth, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Sydney district and the Inner West.

It also provides support to service providers to assist with cultural competencies and appropriate engagement with Aboriginal people and communities. It will draw on the networks and relationship with elders in different communities to work alongside service providers and ensure a culturally sensitive and progressive process with positive outcomes.

This service provides assertive outreach to people experiencing all forms of homelessness to assist to access long-term housing support. It also provides presentation and early intervention to those at risk of becoming homeless, including those where tenancy has been identified to be at risk. This service will provide support to residents early to address issues that are placing their house at risk.

This service operating as Aboriginal Corporation for Homeless and Rehabilitation Community Services, provides support services for Aboriginal people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including families who are escaping domestic and family violence.

It provides prevention, early intervention, case management, outreach support services and post crisis support to assist in finding a stable and affordable long-term accommodation.

It also provides support to service providers and community housing providers with Aboriginal clients whose tenancies are at risk. The service will assist with referral process and provide support to clients to maintain tenancy.

This service supports Aboriginal women with children, and women with Aboriginal children who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness due to domestic and family violence.

It delivers prevention and early intervention, supported crisis and transitional accommodation, rapid rehousing, and intensive responses for those with complex needs, and assist families to secure long-term accommodation. Outreach support services to Aboriginal women with children are also included.

It also provides sector development support for mainstream homelessness service providers to build their capacity for meeting the needs of Aboriginal families. This includes cultural awareness training, collaborative case management/mentoring of staff, early intervention services.

This service provides Domestic Violence Response Enhancement (DVRE) to strength their after-hours responses to women in crisis.

This service provides refuge accommodation.

This service provides after hours support and accommodation for women (with or without children) who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homelessness as a result of domestic and family violence.

This service proves crisis support including telephone assessment, face to face support, transport, intake, accommodation, and essential care packages.

The afterhours response will provide assessment and intake between the hours of 5pm-12am Monday to Friday, and from 9am to 12am weekends and public holidays.

This service provides Domestic Violence Response Enhancement (DVRE) to strength their after-hours responses to women in crisis.

This service provides support for women with or without children, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and are experiencing mental health issues who would be at risk of homelessness.

Support includes home visits for women and children, and support with court visits, housing applications, mediation, and custody issues. The service also links clients to other appropriate support services, parenting skills support, advocacy for children, hospital visits, therapy groups and networking.

The service provides a specialised children's worker who works individually with high needs children in conjunction with their mothers.

It also provides consultancy and training to specialist homelessness service providers to assist them to meet the needs of these client groups.

This service supports men and men with accompanying children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, to secure and sustain safe and stable housing

It also provides support services including prevention and early intervention, rapid rehousing, crisis and transition responses, and intensive responses for men and their accompanying children. It also includes men who have complex needs, rough sleepers, Aboriginal men, men with families and men existing institutions. This service also engages in outreach activities and link clients with a range of providers, including mental health, Drug and Alcohol Services, Legal Aid and Housing Services.

A key focus of this service is to ensure men (and their children if applicable) will be supported to access, maintain or re-enter employment, training, and/or education.

This service has a strong focus on responses for Aboriginal men and families and is accessible to men and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

The service supports women with children, single women and young women over 16 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. It includes women and families affected by domestic and family violence or with complex needs.

It covers the Armidale-Dumaresq, Walcha, Uralla and Guyra areas.

It provides client-centred homelessness support, including prevention and early intervention, rapid rehousing, crisis and transitional accommodation, and intensive responses for women and families with complex needs. Post-crisis support is also provided to assist them to maintain the accommodation.

The service has a strong focus on responses for Aboriginal young people, women, and families, and is accessible to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

This service provides a women’s refuge accommodation:

• Women’s Shelter Armidale.

Armidale Youth Homelessness Support Service (operating as Armidale Outreach; Armidale Youth Refuge) is a service that supports young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Armidale-Dumaresq, Walcha, Uralla and Guyra areas.

It provides client-centred homelessness support, including prevention and early intervention, rapid rehousing, crisis and transitional accommodation, brokerage support, and intensive support for young people with complex needs, including young people who are sleeping rough or leaving institutions.

This service provides also provides post-crisis support to assist clients to maintain accommodation, to access, maintain or re-enter education, training and/or employment. It also provides access to crisis accommodation and support 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Young people aged up to 20 years, Aboriginal young people, and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are given priority of access.

Auburn Youth and Families Homelessness Service (operating as Barnardos Auburn Child & Family Centre) provides support to young people, including young pregnant women or parents under 25 years and families, including young single women with accompanying children who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. It also provides support for those experiencing mental health issues.

The service provides prevention and early intervention, and crisis and transitional accommodation with support, and rapid rehousing. It also provides rapid rehousing to young people and families.

The service has a strong focus on responses for Aboriginal women and is accessible to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

This service supports adult men and women, and families including women escaping domestic and family violence who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

It provides early intervention and prevention through outreach, rapid rehousing, and helps clients to access refuges and transitional accommodation with an emphasis on exiting clients into long-term secure accommodation. It also provides post-crisis support to help clients resolve any issues that caused their homelessness.

The service has a strong focus on Aboriginal people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

An after-hours service is available.

This service provides a women's refuge accommodation:

• Bathurst Women and Children's Refuge