Page 328 - Week 01 - Thursday, 14 February 2008
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(4) What funding has been provided by the Government to each of the services identified in part (3) each year since 1999 (a) by direct grant by the ACT Government, (b) indirectly as a result of the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative or (c) any other sources.
Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1)
The Commonwealth Government has provided to the ACT by way of the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative each year since 1999 funding as follows:
|
1999/00 |
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
|
- |
695,843 |
1,066,169 |
1,137,028 |
360,500 |
1,010,596 |
1,041,513 |
1,036,039 |
385,000 |
(2)
The table below indicates the level of funding allocated under the ACT Diversion Program since 2001/02.
|
Service |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 | |
|
ACT Health |
Alcohol and Drug Program - Assessment and Coordination |
359,708 |
462,508 |
469,565 |
482,471 |
494,533 |
506,896 |
519,570 |
|
Alcohol and Drug Program - retainer |
67,992 |
67,992 |
67,992 | |||||
|
Alcohol and Drug Program - treatment |
27,879 |
43,190 |
8,204 |
3,420 | ||||
|
Communication – Cannabis cards & brochures |
1,237 |
2,930 | ||||||
|
Evaluation |
5,000 |
29,229 |
57,757 | |||||
|
Australian Federal Police |
ACT Policing – Diversion coordinator |
69,481 |
13,466 |
91,525 |
97,542 | |||
|
Non Government Organisations |
Treatment |
65,996 |
83,406 |
69,974 |
167,610 |
42,821 |
**110,000 | |
|
Retainer |
305,964 |
305,964 |
305,964 |
156,807 |
107,154 |
54,912 |
54,912 | |
|
Alcohol and Drug Project for Youth Services |
136,000 | |||||||
|
Sector Support & Liaison |
150,000 | |||||||
|
Communication project on the legal implications for possessing relatively small quantities of illicit drugs |
15,000 | |||||||
|
733,664 |
930,339 |
1,107,354 |
786,937 |
794,113 |
725,383 |
1,004,781 |
**Estimated non government organisation (NGO) treatment payments. The number of people being referred through diversion programs by the police and the courts, and hence the number clients referred for treatment, limits the amount of reimbursement received by NGOs for the provision of treatment.
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