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CAPRICORN REGION
Family Supported Accommodation
Service
FSAS has been a very busy program over the last month and has assisted many
families in need with their rent, electricity and emergency housing needs. We also
received a card of appreciation from a family who we assisted last month, that
wrote;
To Petra and Staff “We would not have managed to pay our electricity bill, so thank
you very much we appreciate your help. Keep up the great work “.
Four FSAS, crisis families have been approved for Community Housing, Anglicare
and the Department of Communities – Housing for long term accommodation and
we are very appreciative of the support from the department and community
housing. The support workers have been working around the clock to assist these
large families of 5 to 6 children gain permanent accommodation in the local area.
Ali and Petra will be running the Do‟s and Don‟ts of Renting in QLD workshop
during the month of June and are working towards running the program with other
agencies.
Sharon attended a Specialist Homelessness Service (SHS) meeting in Brisbane as
the local representative and has arranged a local meeting for all SHS funded
agencies to attend at the end of May. All information Sharon gathered from the
meeting about new STATS collection and support work will be discussed at the
meeting.
Mae has successfully completed a certificate 4 in community services work and
Petra has successfully completed a diploma in Community Services Work.
Congratulations to them both and the hard work has finally paid off!
FSAS staff would like to thank our very enthusiastic volunteer, Tarryn for her hard
work and dedication to the program when we have needed her! Thanks Tarryn.
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