The Community Drought Support Package aims to strengthen the resilience of drought-affected Queenslanders by building on existing community support mechanisms to increase access and participation. This will be done through the delivery of community events or activities and the delivery of Flexible Financial Hardship funding to alleviate cost of living pressures and alleviate hardship for individuals, households and communities impacted by the drought.
Funding will be covered by the Community Services Act 2007.
Design of the 2019-20 Community Drought Support Package is informed by: previous experience in the delivery of the package; the findings of two recent independent reports; and consultation with representatives of the Commonwealth Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development (DITCRD).
The objectives of this grant funding activity are to deliver community drought support to:
This is an invitation to organisations to deliver one or both parts of the Community Drought Support Package to one or more of the drought-declared local government areas.
The Community Drought Support Package is comprised of:
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Q: Is it possible for us to apply for this funding to disperse across multiple LGAs to these desperate families and if so how do we do that in the one application?
I cannot advise what the panel will do if we receive applications from community organisations as well. Its their call.
Community groups, not-for-profit organisations, local councils, neighbourhood centres, emergency relief providers, and school P&Cs are encouraged to apply for the grants.
Organisations must have governance mechanisms in place (i.e. processes and approvals for distributing funds), capacity to assess people’s needs and be accountable for the distribution of money, goods, and vouchers to community members adversely affected by drought.
Community groups are eligible to apply for this grant if they have the capacity and the appropriate governance mechanisms in place.
We have had enquiries from local community groups who are also interest in lodging an application for the grant. Could you please confirm that there is only one grant amount of $18,000 available for the XXXX region.
With 80 per cent of funding to be notionally prioritised towards FFH, subject to receiving sufficient suitable applications.