❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on respite services available to full-time foster carers, including funding and service providers. The answer clarifies that respite is provided by registered foster carers and disability service organisations, but there's no specific budget allocated for it.
AnsweredQoN 2405Legislative Assembly
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(1) Are full-time foster carers eligible for respite services?
(2) If yes to (1), what kinds of State Government funded respite services are available to them?
(3) What are the names of the service providers who provide the respite services in (2)?
(4) If yes to (1), what was the total Budget for the provision of respite services to full-time foster carers in each of the following years -
(a) 1999-2000;
(b) 2000-2001;
(c) 2001-2002;
(d) 2002-2003; and
(e) 2003-2004?
(2) If yes to (1), what kinds of State Government funded respite services are available to them?
(3) What are the names of the service providers who provide the respite services in (2)?
(4) If yes to (1), what was the total Budget for the provision of respite services to full-time foster carers in each of the following years -
(a) 1999-2000;
(b) 2000-2001;
(c) 2001-2002;
(d) 2002-2003; and
(e) 2003-2004?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 June 2004
Responded by
Minister for Disability Services
Response time
91 days
(b) 2000-2001; (c) 2001-2002; (d) 2002-2003; and (e) 2003-2004?
(c) 2001-2002; (d) 2002-2003; and (e) 2003-2004?
(d) 2002-2003; and (e) 2003-2004?
(e) 2003-2004?
(2) Respite is provided by Departmentally registered foster carers. In the case of children with disabilities, the Disability Services Commission provides direct funding and funds non-government agencies to provide respite. (3) Departmentally registered foster carers. In the cases involving children with disabilities, services such as the Cerebral Palsy Association and Landsdale Family Support Association may provide respite. (4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
(3) Departmentally registered foster carers. In the cases involving children with disabilities, services such as the Cerebral Palsy Association and Landsdale Family Support Association may provide respite. (4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
(4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
(c) 2001-2002; (d) 2002-2003; and (e) 2003-2004?
(d) 2002-2003; and (e) 2003-2004?
(e) 2003-2004?
(2) Respite is provided by Departmentally registered foster carers. In the case of children with disabilities, the Disability Services Commission provides direct funding and funds non-government agencies to provide respite. (3) Departmentally registered foster carers. In the cases involving children with disabilities, services such as the Cerebral Palsy Association and Landsdale Family Support Association may provide respite. (4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
(3) Departmentally registered foster carers. In the cases involving children with disabilities, services such as the Cerebral Palsy Association and Landsdale Family Support Association may provide respite. (4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
(4) There is no specific budget for respite services within the Department for Community Development. The costs are subsumed within the total budget for payment of foster care subsidies.
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