COMMUNITY SERVICES — FUNDING
119. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Community Services:
I refer to the minister's
answer to question without notice 73 asked on 11 May 2021, in which the
minister did not table a list of the eligible community service providers that
will have their contracts extended as a result of the government's
announcement made on 14 December 2020.
Given the Minister for Mental
Health, in answer to question without notice 96, has tabled a list of the 51
service providers that will have their contracts with the Mental Health
Commission extended to 30 June 2022, will the minister now provide an
equivalent list of service providers that will have their contracts with the
Department of Communities extended; and, if not, why not?
Hon
SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
The joint press statement dated 14
December 2020 titled ''McGowan Government delivers funding boost for community services'' referred to both
funding allocated to enable contract extensions for eligible community service
providers and a $15 million funding boost to support eligible community service
providers. As advised in my response to question without notice 73, a total of
$9 million of the funding boost was allocated to the Department of Communities
for disbursement across eligible contracts, including family and domestic
violence, homelessness, mental health and out-of-home care services. The
Department of Communities is also currently in the process of extending its
community services contracts that cease on or before 30 September 2021 for at
least one year.
Community service providers have not
yet been formally advised of their extension time frames or the allocation of
funding under the funding boost; this information will be tabled once this has
occurred.