❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the cessation of Healthway funding to the Drug and Alcohol Office, which is refuted in the answer. Funding continues for the Statewide Alcohol and Youth public education campaign.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 2 at page 538 "Spending Changes", line item "Recognition of Grant for Drug and Alcohol Office Program from Healthway", and ask: (a) why has Healthway ceased to provide a funding grant to the Drug and Alcohol Office; (b) what programs or services were funded with these grant monies in 2012-13 and where in the State were they provided; (c) have these programs and services been axed; (d) if no to (c), how are the programs or services to be funded in 2013-14; and (e) if this information is not currently available, when will it be available?
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Answered
5 December 2013
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
35 days
(a) Healthway has not ceased the grant funding.
(b) The funding in 201213 was provided by Healthway for the Statewide Alcohol and Youth public education campaign, which was a joint initiative of the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Drug and Alcohol Office.
(c) No.
(d) The funding is provided in response to the Healthway grant proposal process. A further amount of $585,000 for 201314 has been provided by Healthway to support continuation of the Alcohol and Youth public education campaign in response to a successful grant proposal by the Project partners. It was not included in the 201314 budget papers as the project proposal was confirmed subsequent to the preparation of the budget papers.
(e) Not applicable.
(b) The funding in 201213 was provided by Healthway for the Statewide Alcohol and Youth public education campaign, which was a joint initiative of the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Drug and Alcohol Office.
(c) No.
(d) The funding is provided in response to the Healthway grant proposal process. A further amount of $585,000 for 201314 has been provided by Healthway to support continuation of the Alcohol and Youth public education campaign in response to a successful grant proposal by the Project partners. It was not included in the 201314 budget papers as the project proposal was confirmed subsequent to the preparation of the budget papers.
(e) Not applicable.
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