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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 106

Crisis Accommodation for Men

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) How many mens refuges, or crisis accommodation houses,

by name, are there in the ACT.

(2) How many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are

employed by each refuge by name.

(3) How many persons can each refuge, by name,

accommodate.

(4) What was the average (a) period of stay and (b) level of

demand, for each refuge, by name, in 1991.

(5) What criteria for admittance does each refuge have.

(6) What government subsidy is paid per annum to each of

the above, by name.

MR CONNOLLY - The answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) There are four services available in the ACT to meet the

crisis accommodation needs of adult men. These are:

Ainslie Village

Cura Casa

Cura Casa Annexe

Emmaus House.

NB. It is relevant to note that these services, other than Emmaus House, cater for other target groups as well as single adult men.

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