Almost all of Australia’s governments have thrown their support behind a $115 million national partnership agreement to combat homelessness.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews announced this week that only South Australia is yet to sign the 2014-15 National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH), which provides Federal funding for homelessness initiatives.

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory have signed up to the one-year extension of the national agreement, after anti-homelessness advocates and rights groups campaigned for it to continue.

The scheme funds over 180 initiatives Australia-wide, and Mr Andrews says he is negotiating an agreement with the remaining states.

The agreement was first brokered by the previous Labor government.

It initially ran for five years and to June 2014, but welfare groups said it was doing good work, and that there would be spike in the number of homeless people if it were discontinued.

“I look forward to working with my state and territory colleagues as we implement the 2014-15 NPAH and make a positive difference for the homeless community,” Andrews said.

Comment from the South Australian Government on its involvement is expected soon.