3 October 2001 Media Statement
Community organisations working with children and families to get funding boost
Community social services working with children and families will receive additional funding this financial year, says
Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.
A report detailing the $71.6m in funding provided to over 1,750 individual organisations across the country in the
2000/01 financial year was tabled in Parliament this afternoon. Social service agencies received funding worth more than
$71.6m in the year to June 2001. Services were provided by organisations operating nationwide including Women's Refuge,
Barnardos and Relationship Services and many hundreds of small-community based organisations.
Mr Maharey said the Government has priortised support for children and families. Additional funding has been provided in
the current financial year.
"An additional $3.8m was provided in the budget to compensate community providers for price increases they have faced in
recent years on a case-by-case basis. Funding decisions will be announced later this month.
"In the year to June 2001 $71.639m in funding was provided to non-government organisations to deliver a wide range of
preventative social services including family violence counselling and home parenting skills support.
"Key initiatives which began during the year include:
- provider and workforce development projects have been agreed with 145 Iwi/Maori organisations to build their ability
to respond to the needs of their communities;
- enhanced funding was provided for family violence prevention services; and,
- funding for budgeting services was increased.
"The Government won't solve community problems alone, but by working in partnership with community agencies we are
rebuilding strong communities ready, willing and able to take on this responsibility," Steve Maharey said.
ENDS
Community funding for 2000/01 year
Service type
Funding 2000/2001
Child and youth support and rehabilitation
includes day programmes for young people and holiday programmes $10.789m
Counselling and therapy
includes budget counselling and counselling for child victims of family violence $15.062m
Co-ordinated family services
includes Family Services Centres, Family Start $8.72m
Family/whanau home-based support
includes home based social work with families, family violence support services $8.096m
Family/whanau life skills development
includes parenting skills and support programmes, supervised access programmes and life skills programmes for victims of
family violence $10.788m
Residential care
includes residential care placements for children, social work support for caregivers and family development skills for
families of children in care $5.358m
Emergency housing
funds emergency housing for families $1.062m
Training in the Child, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
funds training of non-government organisations in the requirements of the CYP Act $0.385m
Information and advice
includes budget advisory services $2.333m
Community housing
funding for community houses $0.090m
Refuge services
funds additional local refuge services to those contracted with the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges
$4.588m
Support for the Industry Training Organisation
funds outputs of Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi, the ITO for the social services $0.686m
Strengthening providers and communities
funds Iwi/Maori and community social service provider development $3.682m
Source: analysis from Child, Youth and Family non-departmental output class report 2000/2001 on services funded through
Vote Child, Youth and Family Services report
Regional breakdown of community funding for 2000/01 year
Region Funding 2000/2001
(rounded to nearest 000)
North of Auckland
Cape Reinga south to Wellsford $4,678,000
West Auckland and the North Shore
North Shore city, Orewa, New Lynn, Waitakere City $3,500,000
Central Auckland $3,015,000
South Auckland
Manukau City, including Pukekohe south to Meremere $6,400,000
Waikato
Hamilton, Te Kuiti, Huntly, Coromandel and Paeroa $5,677,000
Bay of Plenty
Tauranga, Te Puke, Whakatane, Kawerau, Opotiki $1,994,000
Rotorua-Taupo
Rotorua, Murupara, Tokoroa, Taupo, Turangi $1,298,000
East Coast
Wairoa, Gisborne and around the East Cape excluding Opotiki $1,984,000
Hawkes Bay
Napier, Hastings, Central Hawkes Bay, Dannevirke $2,220,000
Taranaki
New Plymouth, Hawera, Stratford $854,000
Manawatu
Palmerston North, Fielding, Horowhenua $1,198,000
Wairarapa $402,000
Wellington
Upper Hutt, Hutt City, Porirua, Kapiti Coast, Wellington $3,080,000
Nelson $734,000
Marlborough $164,000
West Coast $559,000
Canterbury $3,969,000
Otago $1,373,000
Southland $758,000