Care for the homeless
Communal care will be provided for the homeless, transient and
financially-disadvantaged of the Woy Woy area with a $52,000 State Government grant.
The grant will go to Centrecare Catholic Family Services to provide a daily meal,
shower and laundry facilities, daily respite and advocacy, assessment and referral to
counselling and accommodation agencies over the next year.
Announcing the grant, Member for Peats, Ms Marie Andrews, said that she had been advised
of the grant by Mr Richard Face, Minister for Gaming and Racing.
He had approved the allocation of the grant from the NSW Governments Casino
Community Benefit Fund on a recommendation from the Fund Trustees.
The grant was one of 58 project grants totalling $2.7 million approved by the Minister for
Gaming and Racing to assist community projects in addressing social issues considered to
be flowover effects or causes of problem gambling such as alcohol abuse, drug abuse, child
abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment.
Ms Andrews said that the Government had now allocated more than $46 million since 1995
from the Casino Community Benefit Fund to specific gambling-related counselling and
treatment services, research projects, an awareness campaign, and other activities
designed to minimise the harm associated with gambling in the community.
"The Governments policy has focused on encouraging responsible gaming and on
minimising gambling-related harm," Ms Andrews said.
Media release, September 5