❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks additional funding for community outreach in Newman and asks about programs to address youth issues. The answer details existing funding and promises future increases.
AnsweredQoN 5350Legislative Assembly
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(1) Will the State Government allocate additional financial resources to the community outreach program operating in Newman from the women's refuge, so that it can engage up to three additional staff to run programs to target the needs of families and young people caught up in serious levels of social dysfunction?
(2) Will the minister indicate what additional programs the Newman community could deploy to tackle the serious issues that have recently emerged amongst the young people of Newman?
(2) Will the minister indicate what additional programs the Newman community could deploy to tackle the serious issues that have recently emerged amongst the young people of Newman?
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Answered
15 June 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Child Protection
Response time
28 days
(1) The Department for Child Protection (the Department) provides significant funding to a range of community services in the Pilbara to address issues affecting some of the most vulnerable in the community. In 2010-11 this involved funding to 30 services in the Pilbara with an annual funding level of $5.7 million.
In Newman, $720 923 per annum is provided for three services:
- the Newman Women's Shelter;
- the Pilbara Community Legal Centre which is funded for the Newman Financial Counselling Service; and
- the Newman Public Tenancy Support Service.
These services will benefit from the Barnett Government's 2011-12 Budget which is providing a significant increase in funding to community services.
The Department will continue to work with the Newman Women's Shelter to best meet the needs of the community.
(2) The Department's Newman office has ten staff which work closely with a range of other government departments and community services to ensure a collaborative approach to children at risk.
In the 2011-12 Budget the Department will allocate an additional $0.5 million to strengthen capacity and provide flexible brokerage funds for at risk youth services, including those in Newman.
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In Newman, $720 923 per annum is provided for three services:
- the Newman Women's Shelter;
- the Pilbara Community Legal Centre which is funded for the Newman Financial Counselling Service; and
- the Newman Public Tenancy Support Service.
These services will benefit from the Barnett Government's 2011-12 Budget which is providing a significant increase in funding to community services.
The Department will continue to work with the Newman Women's Shelter to best meet the needs of the community.
(2) The Department's Newman office has ten staff which work closely with a range of other government departments and community services to ensure a collaborative approach to children at risk.
In the 2011-12 Budget the Department will allocate an additional $0.5 million to strengthen capacity and provide flexible brokerage funds for at risk youth services, including those in Newman.
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