About MOSAC

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Mens Outreach Service Aboriginal Corporation (MOSAC) and Family Outreach Service (FOS) – Strong Men, Strong Families, Strong Communities. Mens Outreach Service Aboriginal Corporation (MOSAC) and Family Outreach Service provides a range of support services to men, their families and communities in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. We are a team of 35 staff based in Broome who are passionate about and committed to our work and who represent many of the families and communities in the West Kimberley. Services include therapeutic and psychosocial/educational programs that aim to reduce the incidence of family violence and abuse, youth suicide prevention services, prisoner support services, peer mentoring for disengaged youth, men’s and women’s counselling, and well-being focussed case management to support men with complex needs. Outreach services extend to most remote communities and towns in the Kimberley. We have three key programs in the areas of family domestic violence, youth services and men’s health & wellbeing.

Our Mission To provide services that foster resilience and promote the wellbeing of men, women, their families and their communities across the Kimberley through empowerment and fostering resilience. Our Vision “Strong Men, Strong Families, Strong Communities” This vision recognises the important role men and women play in creating safe, secure and healthy families and communities. Strong men means men who have their social and cultural needs, their emotional needs and their health needs adequately managed and supported. Our Objectives View our MOSAC Corporation Objectives

Our History

There are services and places for women but nothing for the men

Mens Outreach Service was originally a project of the Marnja Jarndu Womens Refuge in Broome. The Refuge staff saw that a service was needed for the partners of the women who used the Refuge and it commenced as an outreach project in 1999.

The service was one of 18 pilot projects around Australia funded by the Commonwealth government, and operated from the old magistrate’s house at 8 (36) Frederick St – The Blue House. However it became apparent that this new service for men would need to be delivered independently of the Refuge, especially in the cultural context of Broome and the Kimberley region.

A group of men and women who were passionate about improving the lives and safety of families, and preventing family violence, was formed. This group included Sister Leone Collins (RIP), who was already providing counselling services to men in crisis, Aquinas Sibosado Snr (RIP), and a number of other Broome men who wanted to help. This group became incorporated as the Mens Outreach Service Inc (MOS) in 2001. The initial staff were a counsellor, Chris McLachlan, and an Aboriginal outreach worker, Michael Torres.

MOS also commenced providing its Drop In service for homeless men from this period. Since then MOS has added a number of services and programs, including an Indigenous wellbeing and youth suicide prevention service, prisoner support services, and family violence prevention services.

 In 2019 the organisation changed its legal status to an Aboriginal corporation, under ORIC. The change was made to recognise the reality that most of the Board, staff and clients involved with MOS were Aboriginal. The organisation’s legal name became Mens Outreach Service Aboriginal Corporation (MOSAC).

Key Dates

DATE	KEY EVENT
1999	Mens Outreach Service established – a project of Marnja Jarndu Womens Refuge.
2000	Men’s counselling service commences from premises at 36 Frederick St.
2001	Incorporation of Mens Outreach Service (MOS).
2004	Prisoner support service commences – initial contract with WA Government (Corrective Services).
2009	MOS moves to current premises at 11 Hamersley St (head office).
2010	ALIVE and Kicking Goals! (AKG) Indigenous youth wellbeing and suicide prevention service commences – contract with WA Government (Health).
2017	Change Em Ways family violence program commences – contract with Commonwealth Government (PM&C/NIAA).
2019	MOS changes legal status to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation under ORIC, becomes MOSAC.
2021	Change Em Ways Communities commenced in Fitzroy Crossing and Bidgydanga.
2022	Together We Ride an early intervention youth at-risk program commences.
2023	Family Outreach Service launched to acknowledge MOSAC’s many programs supporting women and youth.
2023	Dijun Way family domestic violence primary prevention program commences.

MOSAC acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work. We recognise the spiritual relationship Aboriginal people have with Country and pay deep respect to Elders past and present.