Community Health and Wellbeing - 2023 Tropical Cyclone Jasper

Community Health and Wellbeing, Community Recovery and Resilience Officers, Flexible Funding Grants

About

The $22.94 million Community Health and Wellbeing, Community Recovery and Resilience Officers, Flexible Funding Grants package aims to mitigate psychosocial impacts, help impacted individuals access financial support, builders and services, and assist NGOs with disaster preparedness and response planning, following the eligible events:

  • Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 – 28 December 2023
  • South East Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 – 3 January 2024

This package involves direct funding to the Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts (DTATSIPCA) to conduct community health and wellbeing activities through internal service delivery, grants programs and working closely with partner agencies to support the recovery of communities following the eligible events.

Eligibility

Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts (DTATSIPCA) will deliver the community health and wellbeing package in the following council areas:

  • Tropical Cyclone Jasper
    • Cairns Regional Council
    • Cassowary Coast Regional Council 
    • Cook Shire Council 
    • Douglas Shire Council 
    • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council  
    • Mareeba Shire Council 
    • Tablelands Regional Council 
    • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council 
    • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council
  • South East Queensland Severe Storms 
    • City of Gold Coast
    • Logan City Council
    • Scenic Rim Regional Council

Should severe impacts and complex recovery needs be identified in other local governments, the state may extend the eligibility of this relief measure to apply to additional local governments by agreement between the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), provided such a need is identified and it is within the capped funding.

Funding acknowledgement

The package is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to support Queensland communities in their recovery from the Tropical Cyclone Jasper, 13 - 28 December 2023 event and the South East Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 – 3 January 2024.

Administering agency

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Delivery agency

Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts (DTATSIPCA)

More information

More details about this funding will be made available in the coming weeks.