Aboriginal Communities Development Program
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In 1998, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Dr Andrew Refshauge, announced a major program for improving the health and living standards of Aboriginal communities in NSW.
The Aboriginal Communities Development Program (ACDP) is investing $240 million over ten years to raise the health and living standards of selected, priority Aboriginal communities where major environmental health needs have been previously identified.
The ACDP aims to achieve this through:
- focusing funding and effort within selected, priority communities rather than through existing state-wide government programs;
- increasing the capacity of selected Aboriginal communities to maintain these facilities and systems within agreed sustainability frameworks; and
- adherence to the fundamental principles of community capacity building through consultation, community development and encouraging participation and self-determination in the Aboriginal communities involved.
The ACDP has three primary components:
An integral part of the Aboriginal Communities Development Program is the development of Employment and Training opportunities in the communities in which the program is being implemented.
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs has overall responsibility for the ACDP and works in partnership with the NSW Department of Commerce and the Department of Health, who each manage seperate components of the Program.
