Crisis Support

 AFCS provides support for people experiencing:

• Family violence and domestic violence
• Mental health crisis
• At-risk of homelessness/homelessness
• Elder abuse and neglect
• Financial hardship
• Hospitalisation due to accident or sudden illness
• Other crises

We provide crisis support case work by our qualified bi-lingual Social Workers to assist Filipinos in accessing mainstream support services including, but not limited to:

• My Aged Care (for urgent aged care services)
• Services Australia
• Victoria Police
• Local Government services
• Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing i.e. housing services
• Non-government organisations and service providers i.e. family violence, crisis accommodation,
• Primary care services i.e. GP