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Settlement Grants Program gains additional government support
Created on Tuesday 20 December 2011 Written by Editorial staff
Organisations involved in resettling new arrivals to Australia may be interested in the details released by the Australian government on the new changes to the Settlement Grants Program (SGP).
Aimed at assisting the efforts of eligible organisations to ensure that their clients can become self-reliant as soon as practicable, the SGP supplies funding based on a number of official criteria.
The new iteration of the program will be free to focus on a wider range of recipients, including youth settlement services, community development projects and ethno-specific organisations - in addition to the sections previously covered.
Under the old system, the SGP was only able to provide support to non-profit and community organisations, local government initiatives and regional service delivery agencies - usually with the assistance of registered migration agents.
In addition the previous version of the scheme tended to focus more on once-off funding for ad-hoc projects - a scope which has subsequently been reviewed.
Speaking on the changes, the minister for immigration and citizenship Chris Bowen said that the program would be "strengthened" to support the organisations that deliver new migrants with the assistance they need to contribute to Australian society "as soon as possible".
Bowen asserted: "In recognition of the ongoing nature of settlement ...
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