❓ Ms McHale asks the Minister for Health about the allocation of $9 million in the 2000/01 State Budget for the Building Blocks program, specifically regarding funded projects and their respective amounts. The Minister provides a breakdown of existing and new services funded, along with a detailed table of funding allocations across multiple years.
AnsweredQoN 334Legislative Assembly
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334. Ms McHALE to the Minister for Health:
(1) What are the existing or new projects that will be funded by the $9 million allocated in the 2000/01 State Budget for the Building Blocks program?
(2) What amount is allocated to each of these programs?
(1) What are the existing or new projects that will be funded by the $9 million allocated in the 2000/01 State Budget for the Building Blocks program?
(2) What amount is allocated to each of these programs?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
97 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) The expansion of existing services funded by the $9 million allocation are as follows:
- Initial offer of a home visit to all new mothers
- Community Mothers Program
- Aboriginal specific programs - "Women's Business" and "Solid Families"
- Parenting Information Centres including Mobile Unit for the Gascoyne region
The new services funded by the $9 million allocation are as follows:
- Intensive Home Visiting Program
- Aboriginal Specific Programs
(2) Building Blocks Program by Funding Allocation and Year
Funding Source 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 TOTAL
$ in (000's) $ in (000's) $ in (000's) $ in (000's)
HDWA
Initial home visit 180 180 180 180 720
Community Mothers 0 159 159 265 583
Aboriginal Early
Childhood services 380 380 760 760 2 280
Implementation &
Evaluation 230 230
Total HDWA 790 719 1 099 1 205 3 813
Family & Children's Services
Parent Information
Centres 173 211 461 466 1 311
Intensive Home
Visiting Service 340 738.5 1 016 1 249 3 344.5
Aboriginal Specific
Services 0 0 265 265 530
Total F&C 513 949.5 1 742 1 980 5 185.5
TOTAL FUNDS
HDWA & FCS 1 303 1 668.5 2 841 3 185 8 998.5
(1) The expansion of existing services funded by the $9 million allocation are as follows:
- Initial offer of a home visit to all new mothers
- Community Mothers Program
- Aboriginal specific programs - "Women's Business" and "Solid Families"
- Parenting Information Centres including Mobile Unit for the Gascoyne region
The new services funded by the $9 million allocation are as follows:
- Intensive Home Visiting Program
- Aboriginal Specific Programs
(2) Building Blocks Program by Funding Allocation and Year
Funding Source 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 TOTAL
$ in (000's) $ in (000's) $ in (000's) $ in (000's)
HDWA
Initial home visit 180 180 180 180 720
Community Mothers 0 159 159 265 583
Aboriginal Early
Childhood services 380 380 760 760 2 280
Implementation &
Evaluation 230 230
Total HDWA 790 719 1 099 1 205 3 813
Family & Children's Services
Parent Information
Centres 173 211 461 466 1 311
Intensive Home
Visiting Service 340 738.5 1 016 1 249 3 344.5
Aboriginal Specific
Services 0 0 265 265 530
Total F&C 513 949.5 1 742 1 980 5 185.5
TOTAL FUNDS
HDWA & FCS 1 303 1 668.5 2 841 3 185 8 998.5
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