Centrelink Community Support Unit at the Crisis Centre: 20 Years On

The Centrelink Community Support Unit (CCSU) has been operating as a co-located practice partner with the Salvation Army Crisis Services Network (CSN) since 1993. Initially set up as a national pilot site for a CCSU operating in a generalist community agency, the initiative was deemed successful and expanded to three days per week and subsequently rolled out to other community settings. From July 2010 to June 2011 the CCSU has seen over 2,000 individuals and families presenting at the Crisis Centre with income security issues.