Community Support Fund 2019-20 – 2021-22
The Community Support Fund (CSF) is a three-year funding program to support not-for-profit culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) service organisations and CaLD umbrella community associations to deliver services that address unmet needs of Western Australians from CaLD backgrounds.
Funding is available to:
- address gaps in mainstream service provision for CaLD communities
- provide services to Western Australians from CaLD backgrounds in areas of need such as settlement, employment, health, mental health, family and domestic violence, and parenting to support integration and social economic and civic participation.
Programs currently supported by the Community Support Fund include:
- Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees - Safety Net Project
- Edmund Rice Centre Western Australia - English and Computer Literacy Program
- Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre - Community English classes for people of non-English speaking backgrounds with cognitive and intellectual disabilities
Umbrella Community Associations
- Organisation of African Community of WA - Support Services for African Communities of Western Australia
- Vietnamese Community in Australia: W.A Chapter - Integration Services for the Vietnamese Community of Western Australia
Enquiries can be emailed to CSF@omi.wa.gov.au
