Community Support Program
The Federal Government’s Community Support Program (CSP) aims to help people applying for humanitarian visas to settle in Australia.
Families and Early Years Program
Families and Early Years Program offers a forum for women and babies from culturally and linguistically diverse background to access important health advice.
SSI Allianz Scholarship Program
One-off scholarships of up to $5000 to students preparing to undertake tertiary study in New South Wales, Queensland or Victoria.
Multicultural Foster Care
Providing a safe, nurturing and caring environment & connecting children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with foster carers who can help them maintain their cultural identity and sense of belonging.
Ignite® Small Business Start-Ups
Supports small business creation and expansion for people from a refugee or migrant background, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and others.
Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS)
The asylum seeker assistance scheme offers financial support, accommodation, healthcare and education to people living in Australia on temporary visas.
Emergency Relief
Access essentials, referrals, and assistance tailored to individual needs.
National DFV plan shines a spotlight on forgotten women
A new national plan to end domestic and family violence (DFV) has taken steps towards addressing the needs of an often overlooked group of women who sit at the intersection of gender, and race and culture, according to non-profit Settlement Services International (SSI).
Digital inclusion and family separation remain problems for refugees despite resilience during pandemic
Newly arrived refugees in Australia have been resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research launched this week by Settlement Services International and Western Sydney University.
NSW government extends employment support program for refugees
Refugees and people seeking asylum living in NSW will continue to have access to pathways to secure, long-term employment thanks to the extension of the Refugee Employment Support Program (RESP) delivered by Settlement Services International (SSI) and partners.
Allianz and Settlement Services International expand award-winning scholarship program to support refugee and migrant education
Allianz Australia and Settlement Services International (SSI) proudly celebrated 37 new refugee scholarship recipients at the Allianz SSI scholarships ceremonies in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne yesterday.
Community Hub celebrates happiness, hope and building connections
Parramatta West Public School Community Hub was established as a new hub in SSI’s Community Hubs network in the middle of COVID.
Network delivers for refugees and migrants making their home in NSW
The NSW Settlement Partnership, a dynamic network of leading organisations led by Settlement Services International (SSI), is celebrating seven years of supporting refugees and migrants to settle in Australia.
From the CEO: The sharp edge of gender inequality and the need for specialised services
Gender-based violence, including domestic and family violence (DFV) is the sharp edge of widespread gender inequality in Australia — affecting all individuals identifying as women, regardless of their cultural background, economic situation, ability, and age.
Refugee mother faced with unique challenges during lockdown
Single mother and refugee Yasameen Al-Natrawee fled Iraq seeking temporary refuge in Malaysia, where she lived while waiting for a humanitarian visa.
From the CEO: responding to the spread of the Delta variant
Over the last three weeks around 13 million Australians in four states and territories have been subject to COVID-19 lockdowns as the fast-moving Delta variant made its way into our communities.