As part of the package, $34.2 million in re-current funding by Department of Communities is being provided to four successful homelessness programs introduced by the WA Government to provide long term certainty and includes:
- $20.1 million for continuation of culturally appropriate responses to homelessness in the Perth metropolitan area including low-barrier accommodation at Boorloo Bidee Mia delivered by the Wungening Aboriginal Corporation and Koort Boodja, delivered by UnitingWA;
- $7.8 million for the Homelessness Engagement Assessment Response Team (HEART) to continue its Perth metropolitan coordinated outreach response services, including extensions of the service to Joondalup and Midland; and
- $5.4 million for the Safe Perth City Initiative to provide dedicated rapid and flexible assertive outreach support service in the Perth CBD and surrounds including Return to Country functions.
In addition, $900,000 will be provided to the Passages Youth Centre in the Peel region, run by St Vincent de Paul, will also be provided for ongoing operational funding to support at risk youth. Passages is a youth engagement hub providing young people aged 12 to 25 years a safe, friendly and positive place to access support and referrals to essential services.
The WA Government is also boosting baseline funding for ten services by $13.4 million for at least the next three years, including:
- $5.73 million to multiple St Bartholomew’s services;
- $2.25 million for Uniting WA’s Tranby Engagement Hub;
- $1.8 million for Anglicare’s Foyer Oxford youth accommodation facility;
- $900,000 to Salvation Army’s the Beacon accommodation facility;
- $900,000 to St Vincent De Paul’s Tom Fisher House;
- $600,000 to the Fusion youth accommodation facility; and
- $300,000 to Accordwest’s Collie Crisis and Transitional accommodation.
These services now have secure and ongoing funding to continue to deliver additional capacity in critical accommodation and hub services.
The funding boost will also provide an additional $900,000 to the WA Alliance to End Homelessness’ By-Name list which is providing up-to-date data on rough sleepers, assisting support service to link people to appropriate services and to best inform practical policy outcomes.
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