Housing Choices Australia Annual Report 2018

Your Choices Fund.

Utilising a private donation specifically for our Rapid Housing residents, we created a fund for families fleeing family violence. The fund allows them to create new memories and experience things they could not otherwise aord. Eligible residents apply for funds with the support of their Berry Street support worker. The fund was designed in collaboration with our Rapid Housing Support Partners; Berry Street, In Touch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence and Wintringham , to provide residents with a little extra financial assistance to do something they may not otherwise be able to aord or prioritise. Above all, we want to help Rapid Housing tenants create positive memories from new experiences and build good relationships with those they care for.

The Your Choices Fund is available only to Victorian Rapid Housing Program Residents and each of the residents may enjoy one successful application to the fund during a single financial year. The application must match the intended aim of the fund and must fall within one of the four categories available through the fund - a day out, a weekend away, an enjoyable self-care activity, or a self-care space. Your Choices Fund applications are reviewed at the end of each quarter by a panel of Housing Choices sta and representatives from the Rapid Housing program support partner organisations. This panel makes recommendations based on set criteria to the Housing Choices Australia Managing Director for final approval.

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