Annual Report 2002–03 Volume I
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- Price $4.5 million Purchasing, funding and relationship management Quality—Assurance
- Quantity Number of contracts/service agreements under management —72 Number of service providers under management —42 Price
- Quantity Major pieces of research and evaluation completed
- Quality—Client rights and obligations
- Output Group 2.2 I Community Support
Departmental outputsCostRatio of departmental expense to administered expense For every dollar spend on administered items under Output Group 2.1 in 2002–03, 0.8 cents were spent on departmental outputs. Policy adviceQuality—Client satisfactionMinisters and Ministers’ offices are satisfied with the quality of policy advice and FaCS meets standards for policy advice Ministers and their offices did not provide feedback on individual output groups but did provide feedback on departmental performance as a whole. Information on ministers’ and their offices’ assessment can be found in Part two—Ministerial and parliamentary services. Technical quality of policy advice for Outcome 2—Satisfactory.
QuantityNumber of items to Ministers 167 ministerial submissions and other written briefings or advice prepared; 456 ministerial replies to correspondence completed. Price$4.5 million Purchasing, funding and relationship managementQuality—AssuranceFaCS ensures that service providers meet terms and conditions of fundingAll service providers met the terms and conditions of funding. Service agreements/contracts that meet legislative, government policy and FaCS requirements are in place with all service providers All service agreements/contracts meet defined standards. FaCS and Centrelink agreed on a Business Partnership Agreement for delivering Rent Assistance in 2003-04. QuantityNumber of contracts/service agreements under management—72 Number of service providers under management—42 Price$3.6 million Research and evaluationQuality—AssuranceResearch and evaluation is of a high standard (timely, fulfils terms of reference, complete, methodologically sound) and contributes to policy understanding and development All research met the required standards QuantityMajor pieces of research and evaluation completed One, plus contributions to AHURI Price$1.3 million Service deliveryQuality—AssuranceService providers deliver services to the standards agreed with FaCS Rent Assistance is not separately appropriated, so Centrelink’s performance is generally measured with the primary income support payments. Table 37 includes performance information on Rent Assistance relating to the number of reviews and appeals. Quality—Client rights and obligationsNumber of reviews and appeals Table 37: Reviews and appeals—Output Group 2.1
The most common identifiable reasons for a review of Rent Assistance were that customers were not paying private rent or they were ineligible property owners. Control of incorrect payment and fraud: savings in administered items arising from compliance activities Control of incorrect payment and fraud with respect to Rent Assistance is included in the sections of this report dealing with the qualifying payments. Price$0.6 million—Centrelink $0.1 million—Other Output Group 2.2 I Community SupportContribution to Outcome 2Community Support contributes to Outcome 2 by: developing community capacity and self reliance supporting volunteering helping people living in rural and regional areas to access services that support their special needs, and to take advantage of opportunities helping to improve the living conditions of Indigenous people and other culturally and linguistically diverse communities helping to support individuals, families and communities in crisis assisting low-income individuals and families with living costs encouraging successful partnership between business, community and government sectors increasing knowledge and understanding about how communities function coordinating the Government’s response to problem gambling. StrategiesContinue to support local community and family capacity-building through the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy Help Australians find relevant up-to-date community information and services through maintaining and developing the Community Portal Undertake a range a community capacity-building projects through the FaCS state and territory office network Encourage Australians to undertake volunteering activities through the provision of funding to the community and the voluntary sector Provide funding for 26 volunteer matching, referral and support services through the Volunteer Management Program Encourage and promote a culture of corporate and individual social responsibility in Australia through advocacy, facilitation and recognition Work with community, business and government to encourage more collaboration between the sectors Seed-fund a national service to broker local community business partnerships Hold the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships Provide a wide range of support measures to Australians recovering from disasters Assist in strengthening communities in rural and regional areas Support people affected by the drought as part of a whole-of-government response In relation to gambling: foster research on gambling to support policy development increase the priority given to developing harm minimisation strategies to address negative social impacts along with the treatment of problem gambling increase awareness of the impacts of problem gambling through education, including public campaigns. Directory: sites -> default -> files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status Download 1.71 Mb. Share with your friends:
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