Aboriginal peer support: NSW Users and AIDs Association

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This ministerially approved grant supports the provision of an Aboriginal Peer Support Worker Program for NSW Users and AIDS Association's Needle and Syringe Program.

Key information

  • Status: Not open for application
  • Grant amount: $241,800

Program objective

  1. To increase Hepatitis C virus (HCV) education, screening and assessment among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people who inject drugs (PWIDs) and their peer networks.
  2. Provide psychosocial support for vulnerable populations. For example: housing, Naloxone, support during challenging times.

This program is funded and administered by Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

Program evaluation

Agreed performance measures are in place between the agency and the organisation. For more information, download:

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Performance Measures (PDF 137.06KB)

Support and contact

Tristan Chapman, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District 

tristan.chapman@health.nsw.gov.au

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