Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative is set to receive more than 700 thousand dollars in funding from the state government.
The money will go towards two key projects around access to culturally safe services.
It comes under a 2-point-3 million dollar state government program.
“Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative will receive $220,000 under the Specialist Prevention and Early Help
Lead Practitioner grants,” a statement from Ella George said.
“This will enable Wathaurong to build the capacity of their Families, Health and Community Strengthening
teams in the areas of Prevention and Early Help by Developing Wathaurong’s prevention and early help
resources and tools for embedding into everyday practice.
“Wathaurong will also be receiving over $480,000 which will enable them to develop professional training
and facilitate holistic practice across the Western District in family services and health services.
“This funding will allow them to build the capacity and resources for Families, Health and Community
Strengthening teams across Western Victoria to work with a critically reflective and culturally centred,
prevention and early help lens in their ongoing work families and communities.”
