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VACCA is one of the successful services to be providing Department of Social Services funded Emergency Relief in your area.

Our Emergency Relief program provides a culturally respectful service to help the Aboriginal Community to address immediate basic needs in times of financial crisis. Emergency relief is a safety net for people experiencing financial distress or hardship and who have limited means or resources to help them alleviate their financial crisis.

The aim of the service is to address the immediate financial crisis and then support people to access support to become self-reliant and address the issues that have led to the financial crisis through accessing relevant services.

The program will:

• assist people to deal with their immediate financial crisis

• deliver services in a way that maintains the dignity of the individual and families

• refer people to other sources of support and assistance, and

• encourage self-reliance.

Staff who support Aboriginal people in financial crisis can contact our local office to make a time to meet with our staff on:

Northern VACCA

East Brunswick office

139 Nicholson Street

East Brunswick VIC 3057

Ph: (03) 8388 1855