Community Programs
Community Support Program
Contact: 07 4655 8422
The Community Support Program responds to the identified and emergent needs for the local community with a priority on vulnerable individuals, families and populations. This program integrates with the broader community services system to actively promote community engagement and connectedness. This includes the balanced mix of quality programs, and activities that build skills, provide knowledge, promote personal and social development, promote physical well being and create and sustain local networks.
The Community Support Officer coordinates programs including but not limited to the below:
- Australia Day
- Paroo in Pink
- Seniors Week
- Community Education
- QLD Week
- Interagency Meetings
- RADF
Youth Support Program
Contact: 07 4655 8400
The focus of this program is youth at risk and addressing volatile substance misuse. Services have been refocused into a single youth support approach to ensure they meet the needs of young people, particularly those who are vulnerable. Youth Support services are targeted specifically at young persons aged 12 to 18 years who are at risk of disconnection from their family, community, support networks; disengagement from school, training and/or employment; harm including self-harm; and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Youth support services focus on four main key areas:
- connect to positive family support;
- get a job or engage in training or education;
- lead a healthy and violence-free life; and
- have a safe, stable place to live.