❓ Question on Notice regarding funding and client numbers for the Safe at Home Program, a domestic violence support initiative. The answer provides specific figures for funding and clients assisted, noting a data quality issue in one year.
AnsweredQoN 1075Legislative Council
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I refer to the Safe at Home Program funded by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, and I ask: (a) what funding was allocated in each of the following years: (i) 2010-2011; (ii) 2011-2012; (iii) 2012-2013; and (iv) 2013-2014; and (b) how many clients have been assisted by the Safe at Home Program in each of the following years: (i) 2010-2011; (ii) 2011-2012; (iii) 2012-2013; and (iv) 2013-2014?
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Answered
18 June 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
70 days
This innovative program known as Safe at Home provides a comprehensive and seamless service to women and children escaping domestic violence. Safe at Home provides specialist workers to assess the safety and support needs of women and children to stay in their own home following domestic violence, where it is safe to do so, and provides brokerage funds to stabilise housing and increase security.
(a) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department) has provided the following funding through the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) for the Safe at Home Program:
(i) $1,220,000 in 2010-2011;
(ii) $1,497,367 in 2011-2012;
(iii) $1,542,663 in 2012-2013; and
(iv) $1,581,229 in 2013-2014.
(b) The Safe at Home program assisted:
(i) 279 primary clients in 2010-2011;
(ii) 2058 clients in 2011-2012 *;
(iii) 898 clients in 2012-2013; and
(iv) No data available for the 2013-2014 reporting period.
* The high number of clients in 2011-12 is due to data quality issues and was resolved in 2012-13.
(a) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department) has provided the following funding through the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) for the Safe at Home Program:
(i) $1,220,000 in 2010-2011;
(ii) $1,497,367 in 2011-2012;
(iii) $1,542,663 in 2012-2013; and
(iv) $1,581,229 in 2013-2014.
(b) The Safe at Home program assisted:
(i) 279 primary clients in 2010-2011;
(ii) 2058 clients in 2011-2012 *;
(iii) 898 clients in 2012-2013; and
(iv) No data available for the 2013-2014 reporting period.
* The high number of clients in 2011-12 is due to data quality issues and was resolved in 2012-13.
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