Wollongong Emergency Family Housing Inc (WEFH) is a registered not-for-profit charity with Deductible Gift Recipient Status and Registered Community Housing Provider.
WEFH supports families and individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to either keep their existing accommodation or attain and keep new tenancies through a combination of early intervention, case management, referral, advocacy and information.
Additionally WEFH provides support and transitional accommodation (depending on vacancies) to individuals and families in crisis, and assists them to achieve a level of independence that enables them to re-engage with their local community and live independently. We provide a collaborative client centred approach in delivering positive and timely outcomes for families and individuals facing homelessness.
Our organisation comprises of four service delivery streams these include:
• Outreach Service Delivery (Mobile Truck) – Community Engagement, Collaborative Response, Assessing Gaps
• Homeless Hub Crisis Response, Drop in Support – Crisis Management, Face-to-Face Support, Referral, Telephone Support.
• WEFH Transitional Housing Property Support, Case Management – Tenancy, Education Living Skills
• Accommodation Project Pre/Post Crisis Support – Early Intervention, Targeted Support, Targeted Intensive Case Management, Research Project.
Wollongong Homeless Hub (WHH) a project of WEFH, is a specialist homelessness service that provides support, information and resources, referral and advocacy to homeless people or those at risk of homelessness.
WHH helps and supports many different client groups including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Indigenous, refugees, new settlement, youth and those who have considerable barriers to obtaining private housing such as women and children fleeing domestic violence, single parent families, those recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, those living with mental health.
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