Our accomplishments
IWAQ has taken opportunities to apply for funds from government agencies to service the needs of the Muslim and general community and has been successful in obtaining a number of grants.
The following are some of the programs that have been managed by the association since 1991:
- Community Settlement funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (1995 - present)
- Options Plus funded by Disability Services Queensland (1997 -present)
- Home and Community Care (HACC) jointly funded by State and Federal department of health (1998 - present)
- Community Aged Care Packages (CACP) funded by the Department of Health and Ageing (1998 - present)
- Multicultural Innovative Dementia Services Pilot (MIDSP) funded by Deparment of Health and Ageing (2001 - 2006)
- Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia (EACHD) funded by Deparment of Health and Ageing (2006 - present)
- Salam Respite Centre funded by funded by Deparment of Health and Ageing under the National Respite for Carers Program (2005 - present)
Ongoing IWAQ projects such as regular bus trips and Annual Ramadan Hamper Drive is funded solely by the community.
2007 was a year where we had a remarkable achievement of winning the Australian Muslim Achievemnet Award.
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In 2008, IWAQ celebrated 15 years of achievement.
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In 2009, IWAQ received the Local Area Multicultural Partnership award.
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