Question regarding the Barnett Government's abolition of the Family Crisis Program and the number of financial assistance instances provided in the two years prior to its abolition. The answer provides the requested figures.

AnsweredQoN 399Legislative Council
Asked
29 October 2013
Portfolio
Child Protection

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I refer to the Barnett Government's recent abolition of the Family Crisis Program, and ask how many vouchers or cash payments were provided to people seeking assistance in 2011-12 and 2012-13?

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Answered
4 December 2013
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
36 days
In October 2011 the Department for Child Protection and Family Support moved from a voucher based system to the use of pre-paid cards for financial assistance payments. There were 6,573 financial assistance instances in 2011-12 and 4,679 instances in 2012-13.

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