❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Minister for Child Protection about WA's low ranking in a report on transitioning from care, particularly regarding housing and support services. The Minister acknowledges the report but defends WA's performance and outlines existing and planned resources for young people leaving care.
AnsweredQoN 683Legislative Council
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TRANSITIONING FROM CARE — CREATE REPORT
(1) Is the minister aware that Western Australia scored the lowest of all states and territories in the 2011 “Transitioning from Care in Australia: An Evaluation of CREATE’s What’s the Plan Campaign” in the two key areas of finding somewhere to live and accessing support services? (2) Given the high risk of homelessness and mental illness for young people leaving care, will the minister commit to providing additional resources to this area to ensure that the next CREATE report card sees WA better placed in these two areas? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
(1) Is the minister aware that Western Australia scored the lowest of all states and territories in the 2011 “Transitioning from Care in Australia: An Evaluation of CREATE’s What’s the Plan Campaign” in the two key areas of finding somewhere to live and accessing support services? (2) Given the high risk of homelessness and mental illness for young people leaving care, will the minister commit to providing additional resources to this area to ensure that the next CREATE report card sees WA better placed in these two areas? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(2) Given the high risk of homelessness and mental illness for young people leaving care, will the minister commit to providing additional resources to this area to ensure that the next CREATE report card sees WA better placed in these two areas? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system.
Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(2) Given the high risk of homelessness and mental illness for young people leaving care, will the minister commit to providing additional resources to this area to ensure that the next CREATE report card sees WA better placed in these two areas? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(1) Yes. However, comparisons between jurisdictions and generalisations from this survey are not reliable. In other areas Western Australia was the top-ranked state, and WA scored higher than South Australia in the area of finding somewhere to live. (2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
(2) Yes. Leaving-care planning commences at 15 years of age and addresses the needs of young people in the care of the CEO who are transitioning from care. Planning covers the areas of health, including mental health, and after-care housing and accommodation requirements. The majority of services specifically providing leaving-care support received an additional 19 per cent funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to the not-for-profit sector. Under the joint commonwealth–state National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness two new services targeting young people leaving care are — a supported accommodation service for 12 young women leaving child protection services; and the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system. The overall findings of the CREATE report should be treated with caution, as the study is based on a very small self-selected sample: 12 per cent nationally and 20 per cent in Western Australia. These results are likely to be unrepresentative. Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
the Foyer Oxford project incorporating studio apartments and some small apartments for young people with children, 24-hour on-site staffing and specialised support services. The Foyer Oxford will have 98 beds. It is anticipated that approximately 30 per cent of the young people will have been in the child protection system.
Since 2009 the Department for Child Protection’s leaving-care fund, which provides financial support for care leavers, has more than doubled to $1.25 million. In addition, the department allocates annual funding of $1.9 million to the community sector to provide leaving-care services and after-care services for young people aged 15 to 25 years across the state.
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