ATSI

NDS NSW has launched the Aboriginal Resources and Pathways website. The site brings together a range of resources to assist disability service providers to develop strategies to enhance the rates of access of Aboriginal people with disability, including:
-Information on government initiatives and projects.
-Current research on disability in Aboriginal communities.
-Literature on successful and practical ways disability services have
established services targeted at Aboriginal communities
-A population data hub on Aboriginal communities by Local Government Area across NSW.
-Information about events, local networks and community inter-agencies that foster networking between Aboriginal communities and disability services.
-The inhibiters and enablers experienced by disability services in working effectively with Aboriginal communities and ways to overcome those barriers.
-Information about local networks of disability services and Aboriginal communities developed under the ARP.
-Questions and suggestions section for disability services and Aboriginal communities to upload information.

A wonderful brochure providing information for Aboriginal families who are caring for an older person or a person with a disability has just
been made available by the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC).
The resource will be invaluable to working Aboriginal carers and indeed all working carers can benefit from both the advice given and the handy contact numbers provided.
The brochure talks about how when you are caring for someone, it’s easy to become tired or feel guilty about going out or wanting to do something for yourself, or taking on a job - and it gives some great coping tips to help you remember that you are important, too!

An intensive support program for children 0-18 with a disability and their families. The service covers the local government areas of Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith and suburbs of Blacktown.
Contact Donna Carroll on (02) 96252952.

Provides advocacy assistance to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders living in NSW. Contact on (02) 96877688 or 1300114237.

An organisation based at Penrith that provides home care services in the local government areas of Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains, Penrith, Blacktown, Baulkham Hills, Parramatta, Auburn and covers Hornsby, Pittwater, Warringah, Ku-ring-gai, Ryde, Holroyd, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, North Sydney, Mosman, Manly and Willoughby
The Community Options Program is a case management and service coordination program for clients with complex care needs that are not met by existing Home and Community Care services
Contact on (02) 47349422.

Contact on (02) 96752371.

Located at Mt Druitt, you can contact them on (02) 98321356.

Contact on (02) 47826569.

Merana's objective is to develop support and implement programs, positions and resources that address and meet the needs identified by Aboriginal people residing in the Hawkesbury LGA.
Contact on (02) 45885144.

Brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability.
Telephone (02) 9370-3100

A directory of aboriginal services in the Penrith area

Based at Lawson Community Health Centre. Contact on 47598700

A community-controlled organization responsible for providing legal aid services to Aboriginal people in NSW and the ACT. The ALS has approximately 24 offices across NSW and the ACT from which it provides legal advice, referral and casework assistance in the fields of Criminal and Family Law (including Care and Protection). ALS also provides advice on Civil Law matters from some of its offices.
(02) 9318 2122

Unit 2/ 299 George St, Windsor NSW 2756
(02) 4587 8877

Email: Hawkesbury_NSW@clc.net.au