A SPECIAL scheme to help problem families and individuals at a NSW caravan park is being hailed a success.

The two-year Outreach Project at the Coachstop Caravan Park at Maitland in the Hunter Valley is being financed by the NSW Health Primary Healthcare and partnerships.

Many park residents have suffered homelessness or been in prison, juvenile institutions, mental health facilities or refuges. Some are transients, moving from park to park in search of affordable housing.

Now a team of dedicated professionals has set up an onsite van from where they can help them cope with their problems.

Staffed by early childhood, registered and psychiatric nurses, the centre has reportedly been successful in helping socially and economically disadvantaged families and individuals living in the caravan park.

It has also delivered a high quality health service on minimal funding and been successful in returning family members to housing, work, employment and health services.

Women now attend antenatal care and children have access to childcare and preschool facilities.

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