Accommodation & Housing Support

Katherine Women’s Crisis Centre (KWCC) is an established and well- known service in Katherine. It provides crisis accommodation and related support services to women and children escaping domestic and family violence across the Katherine region.

The Centre can support up to 25 people as well as education to women around the cycle of violence and its impact on children, as well as living skills and other practical information.

KWCC delivers a Critical Intervention Outreach Service (CIOS) to women that have previously utilised the KWCC accommodation services or who have been referred through the Family Safety Framework. This outreach service provides the women with ongoing support and referral.

KWCC services the following communities in the Northern Territory: Katherine, Mialli Brumby, Geyulkan, Rockhole, Binjari & Werenbun.

Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation (LNAC) is a large, progressive and professional Aboriginal organisation with a dual purpose: It is the representative organisation for the Larrakia people, the traditional owners of Darwin and is also a major service provider for Aboriginal people in the region.

LNAC is a dynamic, membership-based organisation, and a major Aboriginal service delivery and business development organisation in the areas of:

• community services
• homelessness support
• land and sea monitoring
• management and arts, culture and knowledge.

Aged & Disability Support Services

Larrakia Nation Aged Care Service is an approved provider of Aged Care Services for the Commonwealth Department of Health.  Our primary focus is to assist our clients in living stronger, living longer. We do this by focusing on working with individuals and their strengths, capacity and goals to enable them to remain living independently and safely in their home.

Tenancy Support

Provides life-skills training for tenants in areas such as budgeting, money & debt management, renters’ rights & responsibilities and household safety to enable them to retain tenancies and maintain healthy places to live.

Return to Country (RTC)

Provides information, referral, proof of identification documents, and return-to-country flights for indigenous people returning to their communities.

The office also finds short-term accommodation for indigenous people who are living in or visiting Darwin.

Health Engagement & Assistance in the Long Grass (HEAL) Program

Provides practical support for homeless and houseless indigenous people in order to improve their health and wellbeing. Programs include Grass Buddies and Arts in the Grass.

Larrakia Assist & Night Patrol

Our Night Patrol service runs three vehicles, seven nights a week, looking after Aboriginal people in Darwin and Palmerston. We provide early intervention to remove people from danger and keep them safe. We resolve disputes using culture and mediation.

Larrakia Outreach & Transport Service

An outreach intervention, prevention and transport service for indigenous people who are homeless, itinerant or living in the long grass. Transport is provided to enable people to attend medical appointments, Centrelink offices, other welfare services and the airstrip for return-to-country flights.

Youth Patrol

Our Youth Patrol is a new initiative funded in Night Patrol. Operating a bus with the same times and contact number as Night Patrol, we take young people home so they get to bed to be ready for school the next day. We work closely with local youth centres to deliver this service and we encourage any young people needing transport home at night to call us on 1800 101 645

Larrakia Rangers

Provide conservation and land management services including erosion control, feral animal & weed control, board walk construction, turtle rescue, fencing, marine surveys and water quality testing.

Laynha services some 30 homeland communities with a population of approximately 1100 Yolngu residents across the region, and approximately 300 regular visitors.

It is a member-based association of the Yolngu, with no statutory or other powers.

Laynha supports homeland communities through:

• Yirralka Rangers
• Health Services
• Community Services
• Homeland Services
• Ganybu Housing Aboriginal Corporation
• Partnerships with organisations in the region with shared interests to support employment and training opportunities, culture and community, and economic development
• Representing and promoting Laynha homelands

This program provides a wide range of support services for young people aged 12 – 21 years of age from refugee, humanitarian and migrant backgrounds who:

• have arrived in Australia in the previous five years on humanitarian and/or family visas; and
• are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Reconnect Youth aims to assist young people to stabilise their living situation and improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training and their local community.

Melaleuca Australia has been appointed and is funded by the Department of Social Services as a Specialist Service Provider to coordinate and deliver the program.

Central to our service delivery is a strong emphasis on culturally appropriate support strategies and the engagement of specialists to address the individual needs of our clients, such as mental health services.

The SPIN 180 program in Darwin supports young people who are at risk of homelessness or who have disengaged from school, education, employment or their family and community. The program aims to divert them away from homelessness and anti-social behaviour, which can have far-reaching impacts on their functioning in the community.

Cafe One offers a twelve-week training course for employment skills to young people, ages 16 to 24, in Darwin and Palmerston, who are disengaged from employment or education, at risk of or experiencing homelessness, or struggling with substance abuse and/or mental health conditions.

The Aherlkeme Development Centre in Alice Springs provides transitional accommodation alongside support services for Territorians who are either homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness. Specifically designed for individuals and families who have difficulty in finding and maintaining tenancies, Aherlkeme provides a program of culturally safe individual support and case management, as well as life skills development, to help residents successfully transition to the public or private rental market.

The Aherlkeme Development Centre in Alice Springs supports Territorians who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and who have difficulty in accessing and maintaining and securing a tenancy. An outreach service element sits within Aherlkeme, supporting public housing tenants who are struggling to sustain their tenancies due to debt, antisocial behaviour, or property damage. Tailored and individualised case management helps clients of the service to identify and address the issues that are placing their tenancies at risk. Support is integrated, holistic and culturally safe.

The Commonwealth Home Support Program in Darwin provides transport and social support services to help older people access support services that will help them to live safely and independently at home.

Darwin Region Accommodation Management Service supports single men and women who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, into sustainable long-term housing. Intensive case management helps people into supported accommodation, and develops pathways into employment and engagement with the community.