NSW COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants – Now Open!

GRANTS TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE TEMPORARY VISA HOLDERS AND SPECIALIST MIGRANT AND SETTLEMENT NGOS DURING COVID-19

As part of the NSW Government’s stimulus package in response to COVID-19, Multicultural NSW is running a $4 million emergency relief grants program. The program will support vulnerable temporary visa holders and specialist migrant and settlement NGOs across metropolitan and regional NSW.

  • Stream 1 ($2 million) – Emergency financial relief for vulnerable temporary visa holders for food, medical, transport, telecommunications and essential housing.
  • Stream 2 ($2 million)– Grants of $5,000 to $80,000 for specialist migrant and settlement NGOs for culturally specific caseworkers, culturally specific community support workers, outreach transport costs to disconnected/isolated communities, and interpreting and translating.

APPLY NOW: GRANTS CLOSE 4:00 PM MONDAY 27 JULY 2020 

There are two streams of funding.

STREAM 1

$2 million in funding is available to organisations providing direct emergency relief to vulnerable temporary visa holders who are not eligible for Commonwealth Government income support during COVID-19. Organisations must be able to deliver emergency financial assistance to those who have insufficient funds for following essentials:

  • food
  • medical support
  • telecommunications
  • transport
  • essential housing (to maintain tenancies and for crisis accommodation)

STREAM 2

$2 million funding for organisations to support service delivery through:

  • culturally specific caseworkers
  • culturally specific community support workers
  • outreach transport costs for disconnected/isolated communities
  • interpreting and translation services

Asylum seekers and international students are excluded from this funding as they have been covered in previous funding measures.

For more info –

Source: https://multicultural.nsw.gov.au/grants-temporary-visa-holders

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