Illawarra-Shoalhaven Aboriginal Homelessness Community Connections Service

The Illawarra-Shoalhaven Aboriginal Homelessness Community Connections Service provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Illawarra- Shoalhaven area. It supports young people, women, men and families, with a focus on young people, especially those in or leaving care or juvenile justice facilities and adults exiting correctional facilities or other institutional settings.

It provides prevention and early intervention, rapid rehousing, intensive responses for people with complex needs such as to secure and sustain long-term accommodation. Follow up support is also provided to help clients resolve any issues that caused their homelessness in order to prevent any future homelessness.

The service also provides outreach to communities, linking with people whose tenancies are at risk and supporting them to sustain tenancies through social housing, real estate agents and other providers.

This service has close working partnerships with other local Aboriginal services and Aboriginal organisation. There are strong links to Aboriginal communities in the target locations.