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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 5 Hansard (27 August) . . Page.. 1579 ..

2. The model has been proposed by the service provider as one which is appropriate to meet the needs of the client group.

3. As previously mentioned, this gap has been identified in discussions with interest groups and individuals within the ACT community over the last few years.

4. Community organisations can apply at any time to ACT Housing for accommodation to operate community accommodation services. They are not required to go through a tender process.

ACT government accommodation is provided in response to needs identified by a range of different community sectors.

I would like to emphasize that this is an additional service which is being introduced in the ACT.

No funding has been taken away from any other community organisation in order to fund this new service.

5. The new service will be funded stringently in accordance with government accountability requirements within the ACT purchaser-provider environment.

The terms of the funding agreement between the Territory and the organisation in relation to service specifications and reporting structures will be developed and administered by my department.

These will include service strategies for client feedback, linkages with and referrals to and from other relevant organisations and service performance measurement.

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