NPYWC Programs and Funding:

NPYWC currently operates with a budget of more than $5M per annum from a wide variety of agencies. It employs at present more than thirty staff, the majority full-time, several part-time, a couple on a casual basis and occasional short-term contract staff for specific research or other projects. Projects operate where at all possible, funding and recruiting permitting, with a team consisting of a (usually non-Aboriginal) staff member with formal professional qualifications and an Anangu project worker who is in most, but not all instances employed for her language skills, community knowledge and contacts and cultural knowledge. Following is a brief summary of the main funding sources:

•Aged Care Support (on APY Lands SA only): SA Health Department Home and community Care program including Tjilpi Pampa (Old People’s) Festival;
•Aged Advocacy: Tjilpi Pampa Tjutaku Wangkantjaki (Talking up for Old People to distinguish from above): Cth. Health & Ageing;
•Central Australian Cross-Border Carer Respite Centre and Service: Cth. Health & Ageing;
•Disability Advocacy: Cth. Family and Community Services;
•Tri-state Disability Service: for case management across region: NT Department Health and Community Services, SA Department for Families and Communities, WA Disability Services Commission: tri-state agreement.
•Emotional and Social Well-being: Cth. Health & Ageing
•Ngangkari (Traditional Healers) Program: SA Health Dep’t.
•Domestic Violence Service: Cth. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, through SA; Department Community. Development & Department Justice WA; Cth Attorney-General’s; Cth. Family and Community Services;
•Child (Nutrition) Program: Cth. Health & Ageing; the Telstra Foundation and Cth. Family and Community Services ‘Invest to Grow’ agreement 3.5 years from March 05.
•Youth program: Cth. Health & Ageing through National Illicit Drugs (NIDS) funding; and Cth. Family and Community Services Re-connect program;
•Emergency Relief Program – Cth. F&CS and Nganampa Health Council Inc.
•The Tjanpi (Basket) enterprise: income from sales and occasional grants from a number of sources that have included Aust. Council, Arts SA, WA & NT, Gordon Darling Foundation, NT Dep’t. Trade and Asian Relations, ATSIS/ICC (DCITA)
•Law and Culture annual meeting: currently Australia Council & previously ATSIS Pt. Augusta & various, including philanthropic foundations.
•Brokerage funding urgent short and, increasingly, long-term care plans for people with disabilities including brain injuries and frail aged clients through SA Families & Communities, Local Areas Co-ordination NT and our Commonwealth Carer Respite brokerage fund;
•Kungka Career conference aimed at presenting education and work options to girls and young women.
•Limited operational funding; from Cth. Health & Ageing; Cth. Departments through Indigenous Co-ordination Centre Alice Springs.

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