Page 703 - Week 02 - Thursday, 16 February 2017

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(3) What is the total budget allocation for the ACT Office for Women across the forward estimates.

Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The Community Participation Group brings together a number of functions under the one umbrella and includes the functions of Community Recovery, Youth Engagement, Office for Veterans & Seniors, Office for Women, and the Office for Multicultural Affairs.

The Community Participation Group has changed over the last few years based on organisational needs, and has also aligned with a general theme of optimising community participation and community engagement. As outlined during the Budget estimates hearings in 2016 the resources are largely pooled.

Staff in each area of the Community Participation Group work across all program areas on an as needs basis. Therefore staffing allocations are not able to be compared across the years.

There are currently 29.73 staff employed on a Full-Time Equivalent basis within the Community Participation Group.

(2) As at 1 January 2014, there were a total of 24.58 staff employed on a Full-Time Equivalent basis within the Community Participation Group.

As at 1 January 2015, there were a total of 21.11 staff employed on a Full-Time Equivalent basis within the Community Participation Group.

(3) In the 2016-17 financial year, Output Class 2 Community Participation received $28.6 million in government payment for outputs, this is nominally allocated accordingly to functions of Community Recovery, Youth Engagement, Office for Ageing, Office for Women, the Office for Multicultural Affairs and the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs ($2.60 million).

2016-17 Budget

Output 2 Community Participation

2013-14
$m

2014-15
$m

2015-16
$m

2016-17
$m

Comments

Community Development Grants

$ 13.26m

Community

10.13

11.60

12.10

13.90

Community Sector Reform

$ 0.40m

Development

Strengthen Families

$ 0.24m

Community Facilities

5.13

5.20

0.61

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CSD restructure Trf'd to Corporate structure

Community Recovery*

The budget for the Community Participation Group is not disaggregated as the emphasis is to get the team to work across the various policy and engagement areas to obtain greater effectiveness. Accordingly there is no longer any individual breakdown accordingly there is no individual budget breakdown. CPG budget now collectively covers *Multicultural Affairs / Youth Engagement / Community Building & Recovery + Seniors & Veterans Affairs / Disability / Women / LGBTIQ

Youth Engagement*

Office for Ageing*

Office for Women*

Office For Multicultural Affairs*

Community Participation Group

6.36

6.90

Office of ATSIA

2.45

2.60

Overheads

0.11

5.20

Redistribution of O/Heads due to CSD Restructure

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