Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council approve four grants to Specialist Homelessness Services totalling $3.6 million (excluding GST) for the delivery of specialist homelessness services in the inner city during the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years.  Breakdown of funding is as follows:

(i)          $700,000 per annum for three years for services delivered by Neami National Way2home; 

(ii)         $300,000 per annum for three years for services delivered by Launchpad Youth Community Incorporated;

(iii)        $100,000 per annum for three years for services delivered by Innari Incorporated; and

(iv)       $100,000 per annum for three years for services delivered by Aboriginal Corporation for Homelessness and Rehabilitation Community Services;

(B)        Council note that services are provided with three years of grant funding, composed of one one-year grant plus one two-year option, allowing for performance evaluations and sector needs analysis after the initial year; 

(C)       Council approve that a Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase be included in grant funding in 2022/23 and 2023/24, subject to budget approval, and;

(D)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate, execute and administer an agreement with each grant recipient listed in clause (A) on the terms outlined in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above.

Carried unanimously. 

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