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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 220

Toora Single Wimmins Shelter

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

In relation to the Toora Single Wimmins Shelter which provides crisis accommodation for women unaccompanied by children

(1) What government funds are provided.

(2) What services are performed for "women unaccompanied

by children".

( 3 ) What services are performed for this category of women

that could not be performed by other public or private

welfare organisations or agencies.

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

(1) Under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

(SAAP), Toora Single Wimmins Shelter Inc. has been

allocated the following recurrent grants in 1991-92:

$383 960 for the operation of Toora Single Wimmins Shelter, and

$315 846 for the operation of Heira House.

Toora also receives government funding from ACT Health.

(2) Toora provides supported accommodation and related

support services, such as advocacy and referral, to their

target group of women unaccompanied by children.

The services they provide are the only services catering exclusively for the complex and unique needs of chronically homeless single women and single women escaping domestic violence.

(3) While there are a number of welfare organisations that

could and do provide services to women unaccompanied

by children, the services are generic in nature and they

can not be expected to meet the specific needs of each

particular target groups. In addition the demand from

other target groups for these general services is so high

that the requests for assistance from women

unaccompanied by children are often not able to be met.

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