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Question and Answer Tracking Details

5597 - GOING HOME STAYING HOME PROGRAM

Hoenig, Ron to the Minister for Family and Community Services
  1. How many not-for-profit organisations such as Rainbow Lodge, which were offered to apply for funding under the Going Home Staying Home program, did not apply (ref. correspondence from the Minister dated 16 April 2014)?
  2. Was the Minister advised that these not-for-profit organisations did not apply for funding because the programs offered to them did not reflect the services that they have historically provided to their communities?
  3. Does the Minister intend on reviewing the funding of the Going Home Staying Home program?
Answer -

(1) - (2) As the tender process is still underway, it is against probity guidelines to discuss specific information about an organisation's tender invitation or the participation of organisations in the tender process.

(3) The Department of Family and Community Services will review the Going Home Staying Home resource allocation model as part of its monitoring and evaluation strategy.


Question asked on 8 May 2014 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 214
Answer due on 12 June 2014