Are there any plans for additional funding for the RWA Human Services Plan? What money has been outlaid on direct service provision through the Human Services Plan? What are the spending: client ratios for the programs funded? What is the proposal for co-ordinating human services and implementing the Human Services Plan when funds are exhausted this financial year? What allocation of the Human Services budget of the RWA was spent on: Salaries of RWA staff? One off projects run by the RWA? Providing funding for ongoing projects run by local NGO organizations? How has funding been provided for government department projects for service deficiencies identified in the Human Services review? What evaluation criteria has been used to assess the success or otherwise of Human Services projects? What is the statistical evidence of their effectiveness? As the RWA was planning to locate local youth services within a one stop shop, partly in recognition of the substandard premises that most of them were operating from, why can't money be allocated to upgrade them in their existing locations?
The RWA's Human Services Plan is premised on reforming and improving service delivery within existing budget resources. The Human Services Plan identified priorities and actions to improve service delivery. Requests on spending ratios should appropriately be directed to individual service providers of the programs. Implementation of the Plan will continue after this financial year within the RWA's and other agencies budget resources. The RWA's financial statements will be detailed in its 2006-2007 Annual Report to be tabled in Parliament in November. I refer you to each Department's Annual Report in relation to funding of services. An Evaluation Framework was developed to assist the RWA and partner agencies measure trends and outcomes in the implementation of the Human Services Plan. Supporting the Evaluation Framework is a set of key performance indicators that will measure the impact of actions identified in Phase One of the Plan. The first evaluation will be completed in 2008 and cover Phase One actions only. See answer to question 6. The RWA and the Department of Housing are jointly contributing $1 million towards the construction of a new Police and Citizens Youth Club at the redeveloped former Redfern Public School. This funding is conditional on the new PCYC serving as a youth services one-stop-shop in accordance with the Human Services Plan. The PCYC has formally agreed to this. Similarly, the RWA is also working closely with the City of Sydney on a new youth services facility at its proposed redeveloped South Sydney Youth Services building at Waterloo Oval.