Local Answers
The Australian Government is committed to combating economic and social disadvantage and to ensuring that the government investment builds socially inclusive communities.Minister Macklin has approved an extension of funding to 30 June 2009 for 105 Local Answers projects.
Contact Us
Hotline: 1800 607 839Postal Address:
Community Support Programs Branch
Local Answers
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
PO Box 7576
Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
Local Answers Funding Rounds One to Five
- Local Answers Round Five
- Local Answers Round Four
- Local Answers Round Three
- Local Answers Round Two
- Local Answers Round One
The First Local Answers Projects
The first fourteen projects funded under the Local Answers initiative in April 2004 were:- Strengthening Mining Families in the Eastern Goldfields project, Western Australia
- Parenting Support Services for Teenage Mums who use the Balga Senior High School Child Care Services, Western Australia
- Cystic Fibrosis Family Support project, South Australia
- Parents and Kids Together project, Tasmania
- Family as Community, Northern Territory
- Integrated Service Response to Pregnant and Parenting Young People, Queensland
- Tool Box for Blokes, New South Wales
- Beach Education Program, New South Wales
- Caring Across the Communities project, Australian Capital Territory
- Collingwood Community Information Centre, Victoria
- Café (Children and Families Everywhere) Enfield, South Australia
- Mackay One Stop Shop project, Queensland
- Support at Home for Early Language and Literacies (SHELLS) project, New South Wales
- Tobwabba Parental Aspirations project, New South Wales
Further Information
- Good Practices and Pitfalls in Community-Based Capacity Building and Early Intervention Projects: A Toolkit
- Local Answers - Information for projects that may include mentoring - PDF [32kb] | RTF [16kb]