Section 1: Agency overview and resources
Aboriginal Hostels Limited’s (AHL) outcome is to improve access to education, employment, health, and other services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people travelling or relocating, through the operation of temporary hostel accommodation services.
Strategic direction statement
Aboriginal Hostels Limited’s primary objective is the provision of safe, comfortable, culturally appropriate and affordable accommodation for the many Indigenous Australians who must live away from home in order to access services and economic opportunity.
The AHL national network of accommodation facilities provides up to 2,138 resident bed nights every night for Indigenous people and AHL also assists community organisations to provide up to a further 799 resident bed nights every night.
The Board of Directors of AHL and the Executive continue to refocus its strategic objectives on:
improving organisational capacity and business directions in line with the Government’s policy of ‘Closing the Gap’;
improvements to the AHL corporate governance framework; and
a public commitment to performance in relation to key areas of the business, accountability and performance reporting.
1.2 Agency resource statement
Table 1.1 shows the total resources from all sources. The table summarises how resources will be applied by outcome and by administered and departmental classification.
Table 1.1: AHL resource statement – budget estimates for 2013–14 as at Budget May 2013
1.3 Budget measures
Budget measures relating to AHL are detailed in Budget Paper No. 2 and are summarised below.
Table 1.2: AHL 2013–14 budget measures
Part 1: Measures announced since the 2012–13 MYEFO
Part 2: MYEFO measures not previously reported in a portfolio statement
Section 2: Outcomes and planned performance 2.1 Outcomes and performance information
Government outcomes are the intended results, impacts or consequences of actions by government on the Australian community. Commonwealth programs are the primary vehicle by which government agencies achieve the intended results of their outcome statements. Agencies are required to identify the programs which contribute to government outcomes over the budget and forward years.
Each outcome is described below together with its related programs, specifying the performance indicators and targets used to assess and monitor the performance of Aboriginal Hostels Limited in achieving government outcomes.
Improved access to education, employment, health and other services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people travelling or relocating through the operation of temporary hostel accommodation services.
Outcome 1 strategy
The AHL Board will continue to focus on three main themes.
These include:
facilitate 'wrap-around' services to lead to independent living
develop partnerships with the public and private sector
provide pathways to education, training and employment.
Outcome expense statement
Table 2.1 provides an overview of the total expenses for Outcome 1, by program.
Table 2.1: Budgeted expenses for Outcome 1
Contributions to Outcome 1
Program 1.1 objective
To provide temporary accommodation at Company-operated hostels that assist Indigenous Australians who must live away from home to access services and economic opportunity.
Program 1.1 expenses
Expenses in 2012–13 and the forward years have been reduced due to the expiry of the Indigenous Youth Mobility Program contract. AHL has also included planned divestments of hostels in the forward years, which has an impact on expenses.
Table 2.1.1: Budgeted expenses for Company Owned and Operated Hostels
Program 1.1 deliverables
Number of resident bed nights available for use per annum
Company Owned and Operated Hostels deliverables targets
|
2012–13
Revised budget
|
2013–14
Budget
|
2014–15 Forward year 1
|
2015–16
Forward
year 2
|
2016–17
Forward
year 3
|
Number of resident bed nights per annum
|
778,323
|
756,159
|
751,474
|
752,395
|
751,571
|
The decrease in the number of resident bed nights available for use per annum is due to the following:
The Indigenous Youth Mobility Program has ceased in 2012–13.
Of the five hostel properties divested in 2012–13, three are company owned and operated hostels.
The total number of beds available for use to prospective residents in this statement will be affected by:
Those beds in rooms closed for maintenance.
Those beds in hostels that are closed due to natural disasters, fires, floods etc.
Those beds that are being occupied by staff as part of their conditions of employment and are therefore not available for sale.
Program 1.1 key performance indicators
Occupancy level as a percentage of resident bed nights available
Company Owned and Operated Hostels key performance indicators
|
2012–13
Revised budget
|
2013–14
Budget
|
2014–15 Forward year 1
|
2015–16
Forward
year 2
|
2016–17
Forward
year 3
|
Occupancy level as a percentage of resident bed nights available
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
The previous KPIs have been dropped as the revenue and expense calculations will be part of the reporting process and not part of AHL’s performance measures.
Program 1.2 objective
To provide temporary accommodation at Community-operated hostels that assist Indigenous Australians who must live away from home to access services and economic opportunity.
Program 1.2 expenses
The Corporate and Community Partnerships Program (CCPP) has reduced funding for capital grants, which has led to a slight decrease in program expenses.
Table 2.1.2: Budgeted expenses for Community Operated Hostels
Program 1.2 deliverables
Number of resident bed nights per annum
Community Operated Hostels deliverables targets
|
2012–13
Revised budget
|
2013–14
Budget
|
2014–15 Forward year 1
|
2015–16
Forward
year 2
|
2016–17
Forward
year 3
|
Number of resident bed nights per annum
|
261,737
|
266,415
|
266,121
|
266,325
|
266,817
|
Program 1.2 key performance indicators
Occupancy level as a percentage of resident bed nights available
Community Operated Hostels key performance indicators
|
2012–13
Revised budget
|
2013–14
Budget
|
2014–15 Forward year 1
|
2015–16
Forward
year 2
|
2016–17
Forward
year 3
|
Occupancy level as a percentage of resident bed nights available
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
70%
|
The previous KPIs have been dropped as the new Community and Corporate Partnerships Program has been designed to attract organisations that will provide accommodation to Indigenous Australians to fit the purpose of funding. AHL will monitor usage through agreed processes in the funding agreements but satisfaction level with the accommodation will be the responsibility of the funded organisations.
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