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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 6 Hansard (22 June) . . Page.. 1656 ..

The service is contracted to provide the services of one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth Alcohol and Drug worker performing 480 hours per quarter. The service has an estimated 25 ongoing clients.

Total Funding for the alcohol and drug component of the service in 1998/99 was $50,000 and funding projection for 1999/2000 is $51,000.

Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Medical Service provides an information and education service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on alcohol and drug

issues and promotes access to mainstream alcohol and drug support and treatment services.

The service is contracted to provide the following alcohol and drug services:

* 30 clients seeking assistance for alcohol and drug related problems per quarter;

* 3 community education sessions per quarter;

* 10 people registered for monitoring of outcomes/case management per quarter;

* 330 direct staff hours per quarter; and

* 1 contact in relation to education and information groups services/organisations per

quarter.

The service has one specialist alcohol and drug worker. Total funding for the alcohol and drug component of the service in 1998/99 was $58 300. Projected funding for 1999/2000 is $59 466. This funding is channelled through the ACT by the Commonwealth Government.

In addition, ATSI people in the ACT are able to access all mainstream alcohol and drug services funded by the ACT Government. Two Aboriginal Liaison Officers are employed at The Canberra Hospital to ensure that ATSI people have equitable access to mainstream health care services and to increase the cultural awareness and sensitivity of health care services to the distinct needs of ATSI patients and their families. Two community outreach nurses are employed through ACT Community Care to assist in providing a link between ATSI people and mainstream health services.

(3) In 1998/99, ACT Government funded non Government alcohol and drug services targeted specifically at indigenous people totalled $50 000 and Commonwealth sourced funding totalled $58 300. Total funding for all non Government alcohol and drug services totalled $1 574 500. The Government alcohol and drug program totalled $4 006 700.

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