❓ Hon Anthony Spagnolo asks about the funding and review outcomes of secondary family support services in WA, aimed at preventing children from needing care and protection. The Minister provides details on the number of service providers, funding allocation, and explains why the review outcomes are not yet public.
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Secondary family support services
706. Hon Anthony Spagnolo to the Minister for
Community Services:
I ask this question
on behalf of Hon Michelle Boylan, although I cannot promise to ask it as
eloquently as she would have done it.
I refer to the Department
of Communities' redesign and commissioning of secondary family support services
across Western Australia, specifically services to prevent children and young
people from being in need of care and protection.
(1) How many service providers are currently
funded under this program?
(2) What is the annual
funding allocation?
(3) Why have the outcomes of the 2023 review of
services receiving this funding not been released, and when will they be?
706. Hon Anthony Spagnolo to the Minister for
Community Services:
I ask this question
on behalf of Hon Michelle Boylan, although I cannot promise to ask it as
eloquently as she would have done it.
I refer to the Department
of Communities' redesign and commissioning of secondary family support services
across Western Australia, specifically services to prevent children and young
people from being in need of care and protection.
(1) How many service providers are currently
funded under this program?
(2) What is the annual
funding allocation?
(3) Why have the outcomes of the 2023 review of
services receiving this funding not been released, and when will they be?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question and provide the following
answer on behalf of the Minister for Community Services.
(1) Secondary family support services are to
provide families and children with a range of support services and do not
require a child protection concern for referral. Eleven service providers are contracted
to deliver secondary family support services, which include support to families
and children through a range of services such as counselling, case management,
information, parenting programs and other supports.
(2) The total funding for secondary family support
services in the 2025–26 financial year is $4,185,076.39.
(3) As the review is informing a current process,
this information will not be publicly released at this stage.
honourable member for some notice of the question and provide the following
answer on behalf of the Minister for Community Services.
(1) Secondary family support services are to
provide families and children with a range of support services and do not
require a child protection concern for referral. Eleven service providers are contracted
to deliver secondary family support services, which include support to families
and children through a range of services such as counselling, case management,
information, parenting programs and other supports.
(2) The total funding for secondary family support
services in the 2025–26 financial year is $4,185,076.39.
(3) As the review is informing a current process,
this information will not be publicly released at this stage.
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