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Publications
Low Income Guide – ‘Making Ends Meet’
This guide was an initiative of Casey North Information & Support Service and was
identified as a need, as many of the people presenting for help and support services were
not aware of services and resources available to them. The project has been overseen
jointly with Cranbourne Information and Support Service to ensure residents across the
City of Casey have access to the information.
The information contained in the guide is aimed at providing the most up to date
information possible to enable people to access free or low cost services available to
them. There are also tips and advice on ways that your budget may be stretched further,
and low cost alternatives for things to do.
This has been an extremely successful project with all copies of the previous nine
editions being distributed and the tenth edition with updates now available. The guide
is also available on our web site www.caseynorthciss.com.au
Keeping It Together
The Keeping It Together guide has been developed to respond to families at risk of
breakdown. The aim is to provide information and work with families to overcome the
issues that are placing pressure on relationships. Often there are services available to
provide help and we want to get this information out into the community.
We have developed a guide providing information on services and resources in this
local community that provide support and assistance to families experiencing problems.
We have identified 6 of the main areas that we have found to place pressure on relationships
and families and contribute to breakdown.
This guide is also available on the website.
Stay on Track
As more and more people are presenting to our organisation suffering from financial
hardship, we have identified a need to provide information to our local community that
might assist households to make better choices when entering contracts, credit or other
financial commitments. We also recognise that when people do start to feel the burden
and are unable to meet their financial commitments, they are generally unaware of
where to go for help and advice.
This resource guide has been developed to respond to that need and hopefully link
people to the right information and services to assist them. The worry of financial
pressure can have various negative effects, in particular on health and relationships.
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