Forecast Opportunity View - FOCDC21

The Strong and Resilient Communities Activity – CDC Support Services aims to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people on pathways to self-reliance and empowerment through local community-driven solutions that strengthen economic participation. It will focus on supporting CDC participants in the CDC sites of Ceduna in South Australia; East Kimberley and the Goldfields in Western Australia; Bundaberg and Hervey Bay in Queensland; and in the Northern Territory (NT).

Activities considered for funding include:

For Ceduna, East Kimberley, Goldfields, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay only: 

• Supports that uplift and upskill CDC participants to become employment ready
• Service system navigation 
• Assisting participants to stabilise their lives, including through basic financial literacy and other supports 
• Support both employers and CDC participants to improve recruitment and retention of CDC participants in employment
• Engaging with employers to identify and increase employment opportunities in the CDC region 

For the NT only:

• Capacity building for CDC participants 
• Basic financial literacy 
• Digital literacy and safety 
• Community CDC Champions
• Capability investments to strengthen service delivery

GO5106 Strong and Resilient Communities (SARC) Activity – Inclusive Communities Grants  |  Closed