Aboriginal Communities Development Program

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 four primary components:

1. Priority Communities

2. Employment and Training

3. Housing for Health

4. Water and Sewerage

The Aboriginal Affairs NSW has overall responsibility for the ACDP and works in partnership with the NSW Department of Commerce and the Department of Health, who each manage separate components of the Program.

For further information, contact:
Kiran Chalise
Senior Officer, Community Program Delivery
Ph: (02) 92190742
Email: Kiran.Chalise@dhs.nsw.gov.au