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4.

Name of inquiry,

Cost to date

Further advice on the cost of the project to the agency

Terms of reference or guidelines

review, committee or

and total cost

taskforce

to Government

A Methodology to

$22437

Nil

Identify outputs which reflect the funding programs policy objectives across funded services and measures which permit comparison of like outputs between services and cost comparison. Intangible outputs, that is those which are not readily measurable, should be identified.

Where outputs can be measured, use appropriate output based funding techniques identified by Johnston Policy Futures (JPF) to develop a range of standard price formulas for application across community services

Where outputs cannot be readily measured, use appropriate input based funding techniques identified by JPF to develop a range of standard price formulas for application across community services

Determine Standardised

Prices for Community

Services Provided by

Non-Government

Organisations.

Development of Pilot

The total cost of the project to date is $79,335. CMD contributed $20,000, Health $15,000, DECS $29,865 and DHCS $14,470.

Nil

Develop generic standards which can be customised for use by a range of services funded by ACT Department of Education and Community Services and ACT Department of Health and Community Care that do not have standards against which to monitor service provision.

Generic Service

Standards for

Community Services

The project commenced

on 19 December 2000.