Peak Bodies – Settlement Services

Overview

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a restricted process to apply to deliver services under the Families and Communities Program - Settlement Services:  Peak Bodies - Settlement Services nationally from January 2019 to June 2022. Peak Bodies - Settlement Services supports peak body organisations to represent the settlement and community sectors to government. Peak body organisations will be funded to deliver services that include, but are not limited to, providing advice on policy and program development, sharing information and best practice across the sector, communicating settlement services related information from government to the settlement sector, and promoting issues on behalf of members. The services delivered by these peak body services contribute to the research and evidence base used by government to ensure effective program delivery, and will support the settlement sector to achieve settlement outcomes including fostering social participation, economic well-being, independence, personal well-being and community connectedness.