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Wesley Community Action, a Wellington-based organisation, launched Te Waka Kotahi: Intensive Caregivers Support in September 2024 with funding from Oranga Tamariki. A recent evaluation found caregivers reported improvements to their wellbeing and their ability to provide stable care, at a time when Oranga Tamariki supports around 1,580 whānau caregivers and 925 non-whānau caregivers nationally.
Tasmanians whose independence at home is at risk due to a health condition can access occupational therapist-assessed home modifications, including ramps and other accessibility changes, through the Tasmanian Home and Community Care (HACC) program and the national Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme. Every modification requires an occupational therapist's assessment before work begins.
The Northern Territory Government's Territory Equipment Program (TEP) helps residents who need prescribed mobility aids and disability equipment to continue participating in daily life, with approved health professionals able to apply on a client's behalf. In Alice Springs, the NT-based company Keep Moving has supplied, serviced, and hired mobility and disability equipment for more than a decade.
Global Refuge's donor-funded Post-Arrival Stability and Empowerment (PASE) programme served 171 refugees in 2025 with rent assistance, employment support, and school enrollment help after federal resettlement funding was cut. Global Refuge reported the programme began at its Baltimore Welcome Center in April 2025 after stop-work orders froze other support services.