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Commonwealth Grant Details

Funding/expenditure to date

Outcomes/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/Reporting

Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)

The CHSP received Commonwealth funding of:

• $2.717 million in 2015-16;

• $2.758 million in 2016-17; and

• $2.793 million in 2017-18.

This funding was fully expended.

Activity Performance Indicators are determined by the Commonwealth and monitored on a quarterly basis. They are not published.

CHS’s CHSP Services are required to undergo a three-yearly accreditation survey, conducted by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency, which ensures the services’ processes and practices are meeting the Home Care Common Standards.

Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation Fund (RJDTIF)

The RJDTIF supports rural primary care rotations for rurally based medical interns.

The funding for this program is as follows:

• 2017-18: $133,651;

• 2018-19: $134,29.; and

• 2019-20: $129,802.

The expenditure to date on this program is $200,801.

The Commonwealth requires one annual report and one performance report each year. There will also be a final report required at the conclusion of the program. Submission of each performance/annual report triggers the release of a scheduled payments under the RJDTIF agreement.

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)

Vocational Education and Training (VET) Outbound Mobility funding – Australian Government Endeavour Grants Scheme

This grant is awarded on a calendar year basis and provides funding of $2,000 per person ($2,500 per person from 2017-18 for non-Asian countries) towards the cost of international travel, accommodation and programs activities to provide a ‘hands on’ cultural learning experience and broader understanding of how their industry works from a global perspective.

CIT received funding of:

• $105,000 in 2015 (fully expended);

• $209,000 in 2016 ($189,000 expended and $20,000 returned to the Commonwealth);

• $174,000 in 2017 (fully expended); and

• $170,000 in 2018 (fully expended).

Acquittal of all expenditure under the grant programs and evidence the funds have been spent appropriately.

• For Outbound Mobility funding, this includes showing that funding had been spent on providing the international travel experience for each student.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Australia-India Council Grant Round: for an Advanced Fingerprinting workshop delivered in India in 2016.

• Australian-Arab Relations Grant Round: for VET Leader Workshops delivered to a Tunisia contingent in Canberra in 2017.

• Australia-India Council Grant Round: $28,315.46; and

• Australian-Arab Relations Grant Round: $36,710.

Acquittal of all expenditure under the grant programs and evidence the funds have been spent appropriately.

Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD)

Project Agreement to the Tourism Demand-Driver Infrastructure (TDDI)

The ACT Government administered the Commonwealth Government’s TDDI, which funded a number of infrastructure projects that demonstrated the ability to contribute to the Commonwealth’s Tourism 2020 outcomes. Details on the individual projects to be delivered using this funding can be found at Schedule A to the Project Agreement.

Funding for these programs was provided, comprising:

• $775,025 for TDDI and $46,750 for DVS in 2015-16;

• $602,150 for TDDI and $46,750 for DRTR in 2016-17; and

• $947,875 TDDI in 2017-18.

This funding was fully expended.

Progress reports were provided to the Commonwealth to demonstrate that the projects funded under these programs were being completed.