Page 3438 - Week 09 - Thursday, 24 August 2017
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(5) Extended Throughcare program funding is used to administer the program as a whole and in response to the needs of individual clients.
(6) Service providers for all clients including those who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander include:
• Wellways (Detention Exit Mental Health Community Outreach Program)
• EveryMan Australia
• St Vincent de Paul
• Woden Community Services
• Toora Coming Home Program
• Karinya House
• OneLink
The Extended Throughcare program links Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in with and liaises with specific Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staffed services including:
• Yeddung Murra
• Habitat
• Yurana Centre at CIT
• Connections Aboriginal AOD counselling service
• Gugan Gulwan
• Winnunga Nimmitijah Aboriginal Health Service
• Aboriginal Legal Service
• Northside Community Services ConnXtions program
In the wake of Inanna folding, support to clients who may have been referred to Inanna is now being provided by Toora and EveryMan Australia who have specified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander case workers.
(7) This is outlined at part 6.
(8) Detainees who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander have access to the same education programs in the AMC as detainees who do not identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. In addition, they have access to:
• Culture and Land Management (CALM) Program
• Indigenous Traditional Culture Healing Yarning (ITCHY) Arts Program
• Winnunga Social Well-Being Program
• Elders and Community Leaders Visitation Program
• Indigenous Pastoral Care
• Relationships Australia – Dhunlung Yarra Counselling Service
• NAIDOC Week Family Day
• NAIDOC Community Art Exhibition
(9) ACTCS does not disaggregate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data by male and female for Report on Government Services (ROGS) reporting. The data is available however it would place an onerous burden on ACTCS to compile and quality assure.
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