❓ Hon Giz Watson questions the Minister for Child Protection on the income quarantining trial in Cannington, particularly regarding differentiation from the truancy trial, data collection, funding for information campaigns, additional resources for the Department, and agreed outcomes under the bilateral agreement with the Commonwealth.
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(1) Given the Cannington area is the trial area for both the income quarantining trial and the School Requirements Bill truancy trial, how will the Minister differentiate between the impacts of each trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the income quarantining trial in achieving the agreed outcomes?
(2) What specific data is the Minister compiling in respect of (1)?
(3) How much funding has been committed by the Minister to an information campaign regarding the income quarantining trials and their possible impact so all potentially affected parents are aware of and fully comprehend their responsibilities?
(4) What additional resources has the Department for Child Protection been given to support the income quarantining trials which commenced in the Kimberley and Cannington areas on 24 November?
(5) What level of services to support the income quarantining trials was committed to and what outcomes for the trials were agreed to under the bilateral agreement signed with the Commonwealth Government?
(2) What specific data is the Minister compiling in respect of (1)?
(3) How much funding has been committed by the Minister to an information campaign regarding the income quarantining trials and their possible impact so all potentially affected parents are aware of and fully comprehend their responsibilities?
(4) What additional resources has the Department for Child Protection been given to support the income quarantining trials which commenced in the Kimberley and Cannington areas on 24 November?
(5) What level of services to support the income quarantining trials was committed to and what outcomes for the trials were agreed to under the bilateral agreement signed with the Commonwealth Government?
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Answered
9 March 2009
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
97 days
Department Child Protection
(1) An evaluation of Income Management for Child Protection to address child neglect will be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of the initiative in achieving the outcomes in the Bilateral Agreement. This has been agreed to by the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Western Australian Department for Child Protection. An independent research consultant will be involved in the evaluation.
The Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure is a joint project between the Western Australian Department of Education and Training and the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The Department for Child Protection is not involved in the implementation or evaluation of this initiative.
(2) The evaluation will provide accountability measures and aid program improvement. Data from the independent research consultant together with data from the Department for Child Protection, the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Centrelink will contribute to the evaluation of the IM initiative.
The Department for Child Protection is not involved in the collection of data in relation to the Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure.
A range of data relating to effectiveness and efficiency measures in relation to Income Management for Child Protection will be collected by the Department for Child Protection, including the:
- Proportion of income management referred cases that the Department for Child Protection caseworker advised of improvement to the family as a whole by location/district/ ethnicity and priority needs.
- Proportion of income management cases that the Department for Child Protection caseworker advised of improvement to the child's wellbeing by selected demographics.
- Proportion of individuals referred to Centrelink for income management, whose child(ren) were referred again to the Department for Child Protection for neglect 6 months after IM closed.
- Number of the Department for Child Protection cases on income management since implementation, by selected demographic characteristics.
- Length of time on income management by income management status (closed/ongoing), location/district, ethnicity and priority needs.
(3) Between July 2008 and March 2009, the Department has allocated approximately $13 000 to enable the Project Officer to deliver community information sessions in all of the major communities in the Kimberley and in Cannington. Community information sessions are jointly facilitated by Departmental and Centrelink staff. Additional sessions are being delivered in the affected communities in January and February 2009.
(4)
Since April 2008, the Department has employed a full-time Level 7 Project Officer to manage the development and implementation of the initiative.The Department has established ParentSupport services in Cannington, East Kimberley and West Kimberley Districts. These services provide additional support to parents referred to income management.
(5) Services to support the income management trial include: ParentSupport services provided by the Department for Child Protection; access to free financial counselling and money management services through Centrelink; ongoing support and training to Department for Child Protection staff regarding referral processes. The outcomes outlined in the bilateral agreement are:
- A portion of the individual's relevant welfare payments is directed so that the needs of any dependent child of the individual, as identified in consultation with the State Department for Child Protection and the individual, are satisfactorily met.
- The individual is provided access or referral to financial management services to help them improve their ability to better manage their money in the future for the benefit of the child.
- The child's well-being has improved as a result of the intervention; and
- The individual has improved their ability to manage their income for the benefit of the child.
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(1) An evaluation of Income Management for Child Protection to address child neglect will be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of the initiative in achieving the outcomes in the Bilateral Agreement. This has been agreed to by the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Western Australian Department for Child Protection. An independent research consultant will be involved in the evaluation.
The Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure is a joint project between the Western Australian Department of Education and Training and the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The Department for Child Protection is not involved in the implementation or evaluation of this initiative.
(2) The evaluation will provide accountability measures and aid program improvement. Data from the independent research consultant together with data from the Department for Child Protection, the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Centrelink will contribute to the evaluation of the IM initiative.
The Department for Child Protection is not involved in the collection of data in relation to the Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure.
A range of data relating to effectiveness and efficiency measures in relation to Income Management for Child Protection will be collected by the Department for Child Protection, including the:
- Proportion of income management referred cases that the Department for Child Protection caseworker advised of improvement to the family as a whole by location/district/ ethnicity and priority needs.
- Proportion of income management cases that the Department for Child Protection caseworker advised of improvement to the child's wellbeing by selected demographics.
- Proportion of individuals referred to Centrelink for income management, whose child(ren) were referred again to the Department for Child Protection for neglect 6 months after IM closed.
- Number of the Department for Child Protection cases on income management since implementation, by selected demographic characteristics.
- Length of time on income management by income management status (closed/ongoing), location/district, ethnicity and priority needs.
(3) Between July 2008 and March 2009, the Department has allocated approximately $13 000 to enable the Project Officer to deliver community information sessions in all of the major communities in the Kimberley and in Cannington. Community information sessions are jointly facilitated by Departmental and Centrelink staff. Additional sessions are being delivered in the affected communities in January and February 2009.
(4)
Since April 2008, the Department has employed a full-time Level 7 Project Officer to manage the development and implementation of the initiative.The Department has established ParentSupport services in Cannington, East Kimberley and West Kimberley Districts. These services provide additional support to parents referred to income management.
(5) Services to support the income management trial include: ParentSupport services provided by the Department for Child Protection; access to free financial counselling and money management services through Centrelink; ongoing support and training to Department for Child Protection staff regarding referral processes. The outcomes outlined in the bilateral agreement are:
- A portion of the individual's relevant welfare payments is directed so that the needs of any dependent child of the individual, as identified in consultation with the State Department for Child Protection and the individual, are satisfactorily met.
- The individual is provided access or referral to financial management services to help them improve their ability to better manage their money in the future for the benefit of the child.
- The child's well-being has improved as a result of the intervention; and
- The individual has improved their ability to manage their income for the benefit of the child.
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