Flood-affected residents on the Central Coast continue to recover following the recent weather and flooding event.

Council would like to remind local impacted residents of the support available to assist them during their recovery. This includes rental support payments for flood victims and grants for rural landholders announced on Sunday 31 July 2021, to soon be available for all communities affected by the June-July NSW flood event including the Central Coast. More than $23 million in relief funding from the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments, will soon be made available for those impacted communities.

Council crews remain on ground, focused on making areas safe for the community, clearing debris from roads, footpaths, public spaces and repairing the significant damage to our road networks across our local government area, our lakes, and coastal foreshores.

Additional rental support payments and rural landholder grants 

• Rental support payments for flood victims and grants for rural landholders will soon be available for all communities affected by the June-July NSW flood event with more than $23 million in relief funding from the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments. 
• The jointly funded package through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) includes:
  
  • Rental Support payments for up to 16 weeks to help households secure accommodation.
  • A Rural Landholder Grants program providing grants of up to $25,000 for rural landholders who are ineligible for existing grants.
• This funding package will be available to people in all 42 local government areas (LGAs) subject to a natural disaster declaration, including the Central Coast.

Information delivered to the letterboxes of local flood-affected residents 

• Council is delivering 1700 community bulletins to flood-affected residents, with impacted areas scheduled to receive this information through this week. This includes information for impacted residents about recovery assistance points (recovery hubs) available to visit, financial support for residents, small businesses and not-for-profit organisations, mental health support services, what to do when waiting on an insurer and more.
• Flood-impacted residents who are seeking further support, should call Service NSW on 13 77 88, between 7am-7pm, and 9am-5pm Sat-Sun (Sydney time). 

Recovery assistance points (recovery hubs) still operating

• Central Coast Council, Resilience NSW, Service NSW, and other agencies remain on ground at recovery assistance points (recovery hubs) to offer face-to-face recovery support and provide access to information and services for flood-affected Central Coast residents. 
• Residents can gain face-to-face support on emergency accommodation, finance assistance, mental health support, community support services, legal and insurance guidance, and clean-up advice. 

Current list of recovery hubs and opening hours are: 

• The Entrance: located at The Entrance Community Centre, Battley Ave, The Entrance. 
  
  • 12pm to 7pm: Thursday 4 August 
• San Remo: located at San Remo Neighbourhood Centre, 28 Brava Ave, San Remo. 
  
  • 10am to 3pm: Tuesday 2 August, Thursday 4 August 
• Chittaway: located at Chittaway Point Hall, 72-76 Geoffrey Road, Chittaway. 
  
  • 10am to 3pm: Tuesday 2 August 
  • 10am to 2pm: Saturday 6 August 
• Wyong: located at Gudjagang Ngara Li-Dhi Aboriginal Corporation, 4 Church St, Wyong. 
  
  • 10am to 3pm: Wednesday 3 August 

A decision on locations and opening times of recovery assistance points (recovery hubs) beyond this week will be communicated on Wednesday 3 August 2022. Customers can still gain support by calling Service NSW on 13 77 88.

For more information on services available to support local flood-impacted residents, and an update on clean-up and recovery efforts across the Central Coast, head to Council’s dedicated severe weather event recovery webpage.

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