PHOTO: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with members of the CCWF team in Bourke.
One of the region’s leading DV service providers has hit out at the state government for preventing it from competing in a tender for new specialist service funding because they are not considered Aboriginal controlled.
Earlier this month, CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes were told by the NSW government it cannot compete for funds under the’ New Specialist – Family Domestic and Sexual Violence Workers’ tender because priority has been given to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs)…