How much funding will the non-government organisations get to implement Keep Them Safe?
More than 40 per cent of the KTS funding package is going to the non-government sector. Examples include: • Extra places for the expansion of the early intervention program, Brighter Futures, which links vulnerable families with a range of support services ($35.5 million). • New Family Referral Services, to put children and families needing support in touch with local services ($38 million). • Intensive Aboriginal Family Based Services to support Aboriginal families where children are at risk ($15 million). • A range of prevention and early intervention services ($37 million). • Trial of a new family and communities approach for keeping children in Aboriginal families safe ($7.5 million). • Intensive Family Preservation to support children to live with their families ($30 million).
