Services Funded

The Settlement Grants Program (SGP) in 2012–13 funds settlement services under the following service types:

• Casework/coordination and delivery of services
• Community coordination and development
• Youth settlement services
• Support for ethno-specific communities.

A one page snapshot provides a quick overview of SGP in 2012-13.
See: SGP snapshot (233KB PDF file)

A fact sheet provides a brief description of the changes to the SGP.
See: SGP fact sheet (421KB PDF file)

The policy for the 2012-13 SGP funding round.
See: 2012-13 SGP Policy ( 81KB PDF file)

For information on these services please refer to the 2012–13 Application Information Booklet.

Services not funded

The SGP does not fund:

• specialist counselling services
• services that are the responsibility of other Commonwealth, state/territory or local government agencies
• specialist services (for example, English classes or childcare)
• interpreting services – staff employed under the program will not be funded by the department to directly act as interpreters
• multicultural events, such as festivals or celebrations
• projects which duplicate services delivered by the Humanitarian Settlement Services (HSS) program or the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).

For more information please refer to the current Application Information Booklet.
See: 2012–13 Application Information Booklet (2.0MB PDF file)