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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3798 ..
(a) what is the status of this fund;
(b) has it been used, if so, how;
(c) how much money has been collected via this fund.
Mr Wood
: The answer to the member's question is as follows:(1) The required quarterly reports to June 30 2003 indicate that Lifeline received a total of 1033 calls during this period (ie to 30 June 2003).
(2) A gender breakdown is not recorded for how many calls were received, but data for how many males, females and couples actually seeking emergency accommodation is: males 170, females, 205 and couples 52.
(3) Of the above persons seeking emergency accommodation 14 males, 90 females and 28 couples were accompanied by children.
(4) A total of 736 people required accommodation and of these 205 persons were referred to emergency accommodation by Lifeline.
(5) Lifeline currently refers individuals to accommodation providers, who then assess whether they are able to accommodate them, therefore Lifeline is currently not privy to this information.
(6) This information is currently not recorded by Lifeline as it is not a reporting requirement.
(7) SAAP services and private accommodation providers such as motels, caravan parks, hostels and backpackers.
(8) The full year amount of the fund is $205,500 made up of $125,000 for Anglicare and $80,500 for Lifeline. A total of $153,625 was paid to the Canberra Emergency Accommodation Service (CEAS) in 2002-03 on a part-year basis. Lifeline was paid $60,375 and total of $93,250 was paid to Anglicare for administration of the emergency accommodation fund and the monies for the fund itself ($46,125 for administration and $47,125 for the fund). Anglicare have written informing the Department that the funds provided to them were fully expended as at 30 June 2003, while Lifeline have provided documentation showing that they expended $53,007 of the $60,375 to 30 June 2003. The reason for Lifeline's 12% under-expenditure is due to the delay in recruiting suitable staff.
(9) No. Although, from 29 August 2003 - 2 September 2003 the service was not fully operational as phone lines were limited due to roadwork at Barry Drive and Northbourne Avenue.
(10)(a) To date a total of $47,125 has been paid to Anglicare for the emergency accommodation fund. The Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services has agreed to supplement funding by $60,000, as part of a range of initiatives developed and endorsed by the Homelessness Advisory Group to provide immediate responses to homelessness.
(b) The fund is used for the provision of emergency accommodation in line with the primary purpose of the Canberra Emergency Accommodation Service.
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