Caboolture Community Care Inc has undertaken many roles and auspice a variety of programs and services.
In the September of 1985 the people of St Peters Catholic Church and a group of community workers got together to discuss the needs of the Caboolture area and the idea was created to form what is now called Caboolture Community Care (CCC). The first management committee was then established on the 10th September 1985. After the establishment of the management committee they applied to be incorporated to maintain and establish a crisis centre (a Combined Emergency Care Organisation).
To be allowed to run the crisis centre they made applications for funding from all levels of the government and created a membership register to allow for the recording of those dedicated to the maintaining of the centre.
On the 14th October 1985 a draft Constitution had be designed and put forward making sure to adhere to all governmental guidelines and also to outline the specifics of what the organisation would be doing.
Things started to become concrete by the 12/12/85 when the Caboolture Council formally offered a room at the back of the Caboolture Shire Hall for use of the organisation. Once the ball had started rolling a phone line was installed on the 14/1/1986 as well as the Community Development Officer funding being approved at $7, 500.
Over the next few years the organisation would slowly grow as in 1986 the “Homemakers Program” would come into view. In July of 1986 the Combined Emergency Care Organisation became incorporated formally being registered and having a defined constitution in which to abide by.
The year of 1987 started off with the Homemaker Program being funded by Queensland Housing. This program was the pilot program as a budgeting service. This program was developed and is still around today though under a new name “Caboolture Household and Budget Support Service” (CHaBSS).
1988 was a big year as the Community Development Office position and funding increased to full time allowing the services to be rendered out to the community with less time restriction. As well as the Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre being funded in July of ’88, followed quickly by the opening of the Bribie Island Neighbourhood Centre, the arrival of Emergency Relief funding from the State Government and Queensland Housing providing 3 extra houses for the housing of those in need.
Funding from Queensland Housing arrived in 1989 to allow for the employment of a Housing Referral Worker as well as the Caboolture Shire Council giving the use of a demountable for 3 days a week.
In 1991 it was put forward to change the name to Caboolture Community Care and it was found there was a need for a counselling services along with a larger recruitment of volunteers within the community to keep up with the needs of the community.
In 1992 the name Caboolture Community Care was established along with the Caboolture Shire Council moved the organisation into the old Shire Council building allowing it to be used rent free. This year also brought along the start of the Counselling service, opening of the Domestic Violence Act ’92 and the transferral of the Community Development Officer hours to the Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre who became incorporated in the same year.
1994 saw the incorporation of the Bribie Island Neighbourhood Centre and emergency relief funding provided by both the State and Commonwealth Government.
Two years later in 1996 the Domestic Violence service became incorporated along with the development and initialisation of the Domestic Violence Child Witness program. Caboolture Community Care then took a backseat to the Neighbourhood Centre by giving them the Community Development funding as Caboolture Community Care worked hard on streamlining the Emergency Relief program with the State and Federal funding.
In 2005 the Department of Communities started a pilot plan for a Community Centre to be established (Multi – Tenant Service Centre).
The aforementioned pilot plan was then set up in 2006.
August 2007 a building was found (Old Preschool) to be purchased from the Education Department and was to be redesigned. A Co-op was then approved later that year and the committee worked hard over the two years since the set-up of the pilot program to find and develop a model that would work.
May 2008 saw the migration of Caboolture Community Care into the multi-tenancy building followed there after by the Neighbourhood Centre, Better together and then also Homelife forming the 9 George St Community Place. Later Family Haven would also join the organisations.
After the migration there were some teething problems but the 9 George St Community Place is now home to Caboolture Community Care Inc, Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre and other programs under their umbrella, and also Homelife.
There are quarterly meetings of the Co-op Multi-Tenant Service Centre board. The meeting consists of two representatives of each organisation and one independent person. This makes sure we all work together for the mutual benefit of our clients and we work in partnership and collaboration.
Caboolture Community Care has continued to focus on Emergency Relief and is now currently still using the funding to support the community while steadily building in size with the training of volunteers and the establishment and commitment to the growth in the Counselling service that works alongside the Emergency Relief.
Caboolture Community Care now has 26 fully trained volunteers working throughout the year along with a Counsellor, Management Committee and Manager.