Annual Report 2002–03 Volume I
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- Effectiveness—Independence
- Effectiveness—Take-up/coverage
- Payment to voluntary work agencies (Voluntary Work Initiative including AWT Participation through Volunteering)
- Price $2.2 million Commentary
- Personal Support Programme
- Quality—Access and choice
- Welfare Reform Consultative Forum
Performance informationAdministered itemsLabour market assistance—Assistance for people of workforce ageEffectiveness—AdequacyRatio of adult rates of income support to minimum wage Table 43: Labour market assistance—effectiveness measured by adequacy
a These are partnered rates of payment. Effectiveness—IndependenceAverage duration of Newstart Allowance/incapacity exemption—4 monthsPercentage of clients transferring from Newstart Allowance to DSPOf those clients granted a Disability Support Pension, 33.2 per cent were granted within three months of cancelling from Newstart Allowance. Average duration on income support in weeks Table 44: Labour market assistance—effectiveness measured by independence
a Average duration for all customers on labour market related payments. Percentage of Newstart allowees who leave payment within the first three months— 36 per cent Percentage of Newstart allowees receiving payments for 12 months or more—60.6 per cent, up from 58.8 per cent in June 2002 Percentage of Parenting Payment recipients with a duration of five years or more 27 per cent of PPS recipients and 19 per cent of PPP recipients, compared to 26 per cent of PPS and 17 per cent of PPP recipients in June 2002. Number of clients participating in language, literacy and numeracy training In 2002–03, 17 785 people began courses under the Language, Literacy and Numeracy program, following a referral from Centrelink. This figure does not include commencements following referrals from other organisations, including the Job Network. Number of clients per fortnight who deplete their Working Credit Not applicable. Implementation of Working Credit began on 20 September 2003. Percentage of clients undertaking paid work, job search, education or training, employment assistance, Work for the Dole, Mutual Obligation Initiative or voluntary work At June 2003, the percentage of Newstart Allowance clients whose main activity was job search was 52.5 per cent. The percentage of Newstart Allowance clients undertaking, as an activity, paid work, education and training, employment assistance, Work for the Dole, Mutual Obligation Initiative or voluntary work was 27.4 per cent. Percentage of clients with earnings Average amount of earnings per fortnight in $ Table 45: Labour market assistance-effectiveness measured by independence
Note: 19.5 per cent of Pensioner Education Supplement clients had earnings. The percentage of PPP clients with earnings and their average amount of earnings for 2001-02 have been revised from those reported in last year’s annual report. This reflects revision to the source data by Centrelink. Proportion of Newstart Allowance recipients with earnings and the average amount of earnings in the month of June
Effectiveness—TargetingNumber and average duration of waiting periods applied to Newstart Allowance claimants In 2002–03, there were 124 343 clients serving the Ordinary Waiting period for average length of one week, 41 565 clients serving the Income Maintenance Period for an average of five weeks, 35 094 clients serving the Liquid Assets Waiting Period for an average of nine weeks, 139 clients serving the Newly Arrived Resident Waiting Period for an average of 98 weeks. Number of clients leaving payment following referral to mutual obligation activity During 2002–03 it is estimated that approximately 500 job seekers left payment following a breach for a Mutual Obligations Initiative interview. This result is down on the previous estimate largely because overall breach numbers have halved from the previous year. Percentage on part rate due to income1 test Table 47:Labour market assistance—effectiveness measured by targeting
QuantityNumber of clients in receipt of assistance Table 48: Labour market assistance-quantity
Note: Pensioner Education Supplement (PES): 52 923 clients (as at June 2003). 4284 of these were receiving PES at the half-rate. Parenting Payment Single clients comprise around 60 per cent of PES recipients; Disability Support pensioners comprise 37 per cent. The remaining 3 per cent receive Carer Payment, Veterans’ Affairs pensions, Widow Allowance, Widow B Pension or Wife Pension. Price$1 million—Bereavement Allowance $381.2 million—Mature Age Allowance $4 831.1 million—Newstart Allowance $5 731.1 million—Parenting Payment (Partnered and Single) $350. 8 million—Partner Allowance (Benefit) $509.9 million—Partner Allowance (Pension) $116.3 million—Special Benefit $429.7 million—Widow Allowance $68.6 million—Pensioner Education Supplement 1. Based on income from both earnings and unearned sources, such as savings. Previous annual reports used only earnings to determine part rate customer numbers for NSA, MAA, PA, WA and SpB. CommentaryThe robust economic conditions in recent years have resulted in fewer people getting Newstart Allowance and Special Benefit resulting in a smaller proportion of workforce-age people on these payments. These conditions have been of most benefit to short-term unemployed people. As a result more than six in 10 Newstart Allowance clients are now long-term income support customers. This increasing proportion of long-term clients is reflected in the increase in average duration on income support of the Newstart Allowance population in the year to June 2003. Recent measures in the AWT package, such as the PSP, will help long-term clients address barriers they face to entering and re- entering the labour market. The proportion of clients with earnings decreased slightly in June 2003 compared to June 2002. This drop occurred in the last three months of 2002–03, with the incidence of earnings running higher than earnings in 2001-02 for the first nine months of the year. The drop from March 2003 coincided with a general flattening of labour market conditions. A significant number of Special Benefit clients receive a part-rate of payment as a result of modest income received from sources other than earnings, such as interest on investments. Of all the Special Benefit clients with income, two-thirds have income of less than $10 a fortnight. However, as Special Benefit has no income-free area, their benefit is reduced accordingly. In July 2002 FaCS introduced a new method to more accurately measure the number of people receiving labour market and related allowance payments. Under the new method, clients eligible for and entitled to a payment are included in the count, not those who actually receive a payment. This method is simpler and more consistent with the way pension and parenting clients are counted. This change increased the count of Newstart Allowance clients by around 4 per cent, Youth Allowance (other) by around 7 per cent, and other allowance payments, such as Partner Allowance and Widow Allowance, by around 1 per cent. Three research projects on parents were completed this year and one began: The Parenting Payment New Claims Survey Round 1 was completed. Findings show significant churning between income support and employment, with only 17 per cent of new claimants new to the income support system. New claimants are younger, have younger children and are more likely to be partnered than existing clients. Two-thirds were working or wanted to work. Balancing work and family was a key issue. Research into the service needs and programs available to young parents on Parenting Payment has found that young parents are more likely to rely on government assistance for longer periods. They often experience multiple disadvantages and have difficulty accessing mainstream programs. A three-year industry partnership was commenced with an Australian Research Council linkage grant to develop knowledge about parents on low incomes. The evaluation of longer-term outcomes from the Parenting Payment Intervention Pilot was completed.
QuantityNumber of clients assisted and referred to voluntary work In 2002–03, 21 048 clients were referred to voluntary work (figures supplied by Volunteering Australia). Price$2.2 million CommentaryAn expansion of the Voluntary Work Initiative through AWT saw the provision of funding for 11 new services and strengthened 13 existing, mostly rural, Voluntary Resource Centres. An additional one-off payment of $54 000 was also made to Volunteering Australia for distribution to nine, mostly rural, Voluntary Resource Centres experiencing high demand from AWT clients. There are now 50 service delivery outlets nationally. Personal Support ProgrammeCostAmount outlaid to PSP providers in the past 12 months, expressed average cost per participant in dollars—$980 Effectiveness—AdequacyNumber of participants achieving social outcomes, and durable economic outcomes within the last 12 months (as assessed using FaCS guidelines) In all, 4403 participants achieved a social outcome. Employment placements were obtained for 2397 participants, of whom 644 achieved a durable economic outcome-that is, 26 continuous weeks of employment, education or transition into Job Network, Intensive Assistance or Disability Employment Assistance. In total 5047 individuals achieved an outcome, representing 48.1 per cent of all participants exiting the program. Quality—Access and choiceNumber of organisations delivering PSP services, nationally, by rural/metropolitan breakdown Rural—261 sites Metropolitan—328 sites
QuantityNumber of individuals participating in PSP over the last 12 months—26 309, exceeding the 25,000 target Price$27.2 million CommentaryThe PSP has been operational for 12 months. It is a two-year program that assists people on income support whose multiple non-vocational barriers make it difficult for them to work or benefit for other kinds of employment assistance. At 30 June 2003, there were 3785 people on waitlists for the program. Waitlists fluctuated throughout the year due to the release of extra places to service providers to meet demand. The monthly average of people on waitlists was 4214. Welfare Reform Consultative ForumQuantityAdvice on operation of Australia’s welfare system The Welfare Reform Consultative Forum provided advice on the operation of Australia’s welfare system, the development of the medium to longer-term agenda for welfare reform, including the reform of income support for working-age people, and the implementation of the AWT package. The forum consists of 10 members. It met twice during 2002–03. Members participated in subgroups of the forum on Indigenous welfare reform and implementation of the Personal Advisers initiative, as well as in the consultations on the simpler system discussion paper. Price$0.3 million 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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