Supporting Accommodation for Vulnerable Victorians

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Government Funding to Improve the Viability of Pension-Level SRS

The 2006 State budget, announced funding to establish the SRS Supporting Accommodation for Vulnerable Victorians Initiative (SAVVI). The initiative provides $29.41 million over four years ($2.5 million in 2006-07) for an integrated package of measures that will create a stronger foundation for pension-level SRS to improve their viability and capacity to meet the support needs of their residents.

SAVVI forms an important part of the Government’s A Fairer Victoria strategy, ensuring access to stable supported accommodation for people with ongoing mental illness, as well as constituting part of the Government’s commitment to the COAG Mental Health reforms.