Page 4513 - Week 12 - Thursday, 26 October 2017

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• Directions Health Services,

• Toora Women Inc.,

• Salvation Army Canberra Recovery Service; and

• Ted Noffs Foundation.

2. The capacity of each facility is:

• Karralika Programs Inc.:44 residential beds for individuals (adults) and families

• Directions Health Services: 8 residential bed and 6–8 day places for adults

• Toora Women Inc.: 12 day places for women (adults)

• Salvation Army Canberra Recovery Service: 55 residential beds for individuals (adults)

• Ted Noffs Foundation: 8 – 10 residential beds for young people

3. The below table shows 2015-16 ‘closed’ episodes of rehabilitation treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:

4. In the ACT, no rehabilitation residential bed or day place is specifically and only available for the indigenous community.

5. None of the rehabilitation facilities in the ACT are run by indigenous organisations.

6. Karralika Programs Inc., Directions Health Services, Toora Women Inc., Salvation Army Canberra Recovery Service and Ted Noffs Foundation are required to continue to develop the culturally sensitive and safe services, with particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and gender responsive practices.

7. In total 64 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people received 80 episodes of rehabilitation treatment in 2015–16.

8. The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are referred interstate by ACT agencies, and the number of people who refer themselves interstate, cannot be reported as data is not collected in the ACT.

9. ACT Health Alcohol and Drug Service Police and Court Drug Diversion Services refer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to a number of interstate residential rehabilitations programs (not solely NSW) based on availability of places. These include the following programs:

• Lyndon Community

• Odyssey House

• WHOs community

• Salvation Army programs

• Triple Care Farm

• The Glen

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