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a. $944,287 across 2019-20 and 2020-21 to support increased frontline service delivery by Legal Aid Commissions, Community Legal Centres, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services; and
b. $447,238 in 2019-20 to support Legal Aid ACT ($270,439) and the community legal centres ($176,799) to ensure they have the ICT capacity to support virtual service delivery.
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Frontline service delivery funding ($944,287):
It is intended that the Commonwealth frontline funding will be used to deliver the following:
• 1 x family law lawyer to support women experiencing domestic and family violence (Women’s Legal Centre);
• 1 x employment and discrimination lawyer to support women who have been impacted by the economic impacts of COVID-19 (Women’s Legal Centre);
• 1 x lawyer to increase the capacity of the Family Violence Unit at Legal Aid ACT
• 1 x housing lawyer to support Canberrans experiencing housing vulnerabilities as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19 (Canberra Community Law)
• 1 x lawyer to increase the capacity of the Older Persons ACT Legal Service, which plays a critical role in the ACT’s response to elder abuse (Legal Aid ACT);
• 12 months extension of the Reach Out Program which combines legal assistance services and financial counselling to support Canberrans impacted by economic abuse (CARE Inc.); and
• 1 x trial lawyer to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients to access the justice system in a culturally supported way (Aboriginal Legal Service).
Collectively, these roles will assist the ACT’s legal assistance sector to respond to:
• family law matters, including child contact and parenting arrangement issues during COVID-19 (CLCs);
• family violence matters, including family law, elder abuse and economic abuse, as well as housing vulnerabilities caused by family violence;
• employment law issues; and
• criminal justice issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT.
ICT Funding ($447,238)
It is intended that the Commonwealth ICT funding will be used to deliver the following
• providing infrastructure (e.g. computers/telephones) to enable remote working;
• commencing the set-up of a document management system to support a CLC practicing in family law
• the costs of software to support virtual board meetings; and
• providing the ICT infrastructure to support online delivery of community legal education.
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