CRISP to be made a permanent program
The Australian Government’s cost-effective Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) will become permanent feature of Australia’s overall humanitarian program.
The permanent program is earmarked to support an initial 200 refugees in 2026-27, within the overall humanitarian program allocation cap.
The CRISP was announced by the Australian Government in December 2021. Under the program, refugee category visa holders receive settlement support directly from trained community groups, called Community Supporter Groups (CSGs).
Drawn from within the Humanitarian Program, CRISP aims to achieve optimal settlement outcomes with the help of Australian community members who want to help refugees settle into life in Australia.

The Victorian Refugee Health Network reiterates it’s auspicing agency’s acknowledgement of country:
The primary locations of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc., Brunswick, Dallas, Dandenong, Sunshine, and our outpost location in Ringwood, are on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation. In keeping with Foundation House’s aspiration to heal individuals and communities we recognise the loss of land, children, language, lore and spiritual and physical wellbeing of the people of the Kulin nation and other Indigenous Victorians due to the impact of colonisation.
We believe that acknowledging the past and its impact on the present is vital in building strong Victorian communities. We recognise the survival and enduring strengths of Victorian Indigenous culture in spite of such dispossession and aim to build respectful and informed relationships with the Victorian Indigenous community based on the acknowledgment of their unique position as the traditional owners of Victoria. As such, Foundation House is committed to the acknowledgment and participation of Indigenous Victorians within Foundation House events and this is reflected in our official protocols.
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