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Low Cost Accommodation Support Programs

Page contents: Overview | Low Cost Cost Accommodation Support News | Further information

Overview

The Low Cost Accommodation Support Programs have been developed to respond to the needs of adults and older people who have unmet complex needs and are homeless or living in insecure or low-cost accommodation. Through a proactive outreach model these programs engage with, assess, and link these people into relevant health, community care and welfare services in order to improve their health and social connectedness, and to stabilise their accommodation circumstances.

Individuals assisted through these services typically:

  • Lack supports from friends and family
  • Have few links to services
  • Have complex needs associated with co-existing disabilities and issues (such as psychiatric disability, acquired brain injury, alcohol or drug dependence, chronic health issues) and a history of homelessness and social marginalisation, which seriously impact on their ability to maintain health and housing or to access the services they need.

There are four main programs that have been developed:

Low Cost Cost Accommodation Support News

Current issue

Contents:

  • Loddon Mallee Housing – Hoarding Information session
  • Crown Street Launch
  • DHS Rental Report
  • Statewide Forum
  • The New Department of Health (formally DHS)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Spring 2009 (195kb, pdf)

Previous newsletters

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Autumn 2009 (208kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Summer 2009 (141kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Winter 2008 (405kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Autumn 2008 (224kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Summer 2008 (123kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Spring 2007 (602kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Accommodation Support News - Winter 2007 (148kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Cost Accommodation Support News - Autumn 2007 (80kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Cost Accommodation Support News - Summer 2007 (161kb, pdf)

Adobe PDF icon Low Cost Cost Accommodation Support News - Spring 2006 (84kb, pdf)

Further information

For further information please contact:

Shane McDonald
Project Officer
SRS and Accommodation Support Unit
Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Division

Tel: (61 3) 9096 7227
Email: shane.mcdonald@dhs.vic.gov.au

 
 
Last updated: 11 November, 2009
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