Community organisations to get funding boost
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&F 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