Recovery Services available to support you

Service NSW

Disaster assistance is now available in the Hawkesbury, Local Government Area (LGAs) following the impact of flooding from 5 April 2024.

The assistance measures are being provided by the Australian and New South Wales Governments through the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Support includes:

Funding for affected local councils to help with the costs of cleaning up and restoring damaged essential public assets.
Assistance for eligible residents to help meet immediate needs like emergency accommodation or small cash payments to purchase essential items generally provided from evacuation or recovery centres.
Grants for eligible residents to replace lost essential household items to maintain basic standard of living.
Grants for eligible residents to undertake essential structural repairs to restore their homes to a safe and habitable condition.
Concessional interest rate loans for small businesses, primary producers, sporting and recreation clubs, and non-profit organisations to repair or replace damaged or destroyed property.
Freight subsidies for primary producers to help transport livestock and fodder.

For information relating to financial assistance, replacing lost documents, location of your nearest recovery centre and more, please contact Service NSW on 13 77 88 or visit www.nsw.gov.au.

To apply for a concessional loan or primary producer grant, contact the NSW Rural Assistance Authority on 1800 678 593 or visit www.raa.nsw.gov.au.

Further information on disaster assistance can be found on the Australian Government’s Disaster Assist website at www.disasterassist.gov.au.

Peppercorn Services - Person Centered Emergency Preparedness (PCEP)

Person-Centered Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) guides the community and its people through conversation to prepare for emergencies. You are supported to self - assess risk, your preparedness for emergencies such as house fire, landslides, floods, power outages, bushfires, storms, pandemics, and heatwaves.
and support needs in emergency situations. Together the team will develop formal emergency preparedness plans tailored to individual capabilities and needs with the aim to optimise your self- reliance and forward plan your reliance on others.
For more information about PCEP or to book an appointment please

visit http://www.peppercorn.org.au/person-centred-emergency.../ call 4587 0222 or email pcep@peppercorn.org.au

NSW Health:

Disaster Recovery Clinicians for support and referral with mental health needs.

Psychological support to people experiencing suicidal crisis or psychological distress in rural communities and community engagement

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