Long Descriptions 

Figure 1.
Caption: Type of service/organisation respondents to the survey work for
This diagram depicts the number of respondents to the survey according to the type of services or organisations they work for.
NGO: 133
Government: 37
Private: 1

Figure 2.
Caption:  Sector type in which the respondents’ service or organisation operates.
This diagram depicts the sector type in which the 171 respondents service or organisation operates in.  The majority of the respondents worked in organisations which provide multiple type of services.  .
AOD: 90
Family Support: 99
Child Protection: 35:
Other: 19

Figure 3
Caption: Respondents location according to state/territory in which their service works.
This diagram depicts the number of respondents according to the geographical location in which their service/organisation works in with many services or organisations operating in more than one state or territory.
New South Wales: 68
Victoria: 37
Queensland: 40
South Australia: 34
Western Australia: 42
Tasmania: 22
Australian Capital Territory: 24
Northern Territory : 27

Figure 4.
Caption:  Sites in which respondents service or organisation works in.
This diagram depicts that the 171 respondents to the survey worked for services or organisations which operated in a variety of sites.
Capital city: 97
Major city:

more than 100,000: 37

Regional Centre 10,000-99,999: 55
Small City:

more than 10,000: 22

Figure 5.
Caption: Appropriateness of potential service models.
This diagram depicts the percentage of the 171 respondents preference for potential service models within the context of an annual budget of $3.1 million.
Single Service provider: 78% not appropriate to somewhat appropriate
One-stop shops 41% not appropriate to somewhat appropriate
Individual services: extremely appropriate
Expand AOD services 70% extremely appropriate
Expand FS and CP service 61% appropriate
AOD indentify/respond to risk 66% appropriate
FS/CP identify/respond to risk 60% appropriate
Funding follows the child 56% appropriate

Figure 6
Caption: Program Design preferences
This diagram depicts results from the online survey only.  It illustrates preference for the type of specific services to be delivered.  There was a strong support for all services with the exception of a national marketing campaign.

Figure 7
Caption: Program and service preferences
This diagram depicts the results of service and program preferences according to the level of importance indicated by all respondents.
Service Delivery: 96%
Workforce Development: 77%
Organisational Development: 62%
IT Infrastructure: 42%
Sector Development: 51>#%
Integration: 62%
Data Collection: 665%
Information sharing: 69%

Figure 8
Caption: Importance of factors when determining programs/projects funding
This diagram depicts the respondents level of support for determining which programs or projects receive funding.
Geographic Areas: 66%
Disadvantaged populations: 81%
Research/Evaluation Evidence: 67%

Figure 9
Caption: Criteria for Selecting Providers
This diagram illustrates respondents level of importance in determining which service providers receive funding under the refocused Strengthening Families.
Sustaining existing SF Service: 58%
Rationale and relevance: 70%
Maintaining other service: 47%
Capacity and performance: 89%
Located in areas on need: 86%
Likelihood of sustainability: 88%
Within a larger organisation: 52%

Figure 10
Caption: Targeting Particular Groups
This table illustrates results from the online survey only in which respondents indicated that prioritising response to disadvantaged populations is very or extremely important in determining program/project funding.

Appendix D

Table

Page

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Summary

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Type of service respondents to the survey work for. 

this table shows the type of service survey respondents work for:
NGO (not for profit): 77%
Government: 21.6
Private: 0.6%
For further details, refer to Organisational Details of Page 9and Figure 1 on page 10 of the Consultation Report. 

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Sector type that the respondents’ service operates in

This table shows that 76% of survey respondents work for a larger organisation which provides multiple services and 24 percent work for smaller organisations.

For further details, refer to Organisational Details on Page 9 and Figure 1 on page 10 of the Consultation Report

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Type of services respondents organisations provide

This table shows the breakdown of the type of services respondents organisations provide. This question allowed for multiple answers:
Alcohol and other drug specific: 53.2%
Family Support: 57%
Child protection: 20.5%
Other: 11.1%
For further details, refer to Organisational Details on Page 9 and Figure 2 on page 10 of the Consultation Report

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Location of service

This table shows the breakdown of the state or territory in which respondents service operates in:
NSW: 39.8
VIC: 22.2%
QLD: 23.4%
SA: 19.9%
WA: 24.6%
TAS: 12.9%
NT: 15.8%
ACT: 14%
Figure 3 on page 11 of the Consultation Report refers.

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Service Locality

This table details the location respondents services operates in.
Capital City:56%
Major city (greater than 100,000): 21.6%
Regional centre (10,000 0 99,999): 32.2%
Other: (city/town of less than 10,000): 12.9%
Figure 4 on page 11 of the Consultation Report refers

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Service size measured by annual budget.

This table details the size of the respondents service based on its annual budget.
Up to $499,999: 32.2%
$500 – $1,499,999: 26.3%
$1,500,000 - $3,000,000: 11.7%
More than $3,000,000: 29.8%

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Services currently receiving funding under Strengthening Families

This table illustrates that 31.6% of respondents to  the survey work for services that currently receive funding under Strengthening Families

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Service model preferences

This table provides a breakdown of respondents’ preferences for the preferred and most appropriate service models to achieve the best outcomes for families and children at risk in the context of an annual budget of $3.1 million. 
For to  Section 2, Service Models on page 11

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Type of services that are important to achieve the best outcomes for families and children at risk

This table illustrates the respondents views on which type of services are important to achieve the best outcomes for families and children at risk. 

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Areas of importants when considering allocation of funds under Strengthening Families

This table provides respondents views of the criteria for selecting programs and services.  Refer to Figure 7 on page 16 of the Consultation Report.

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Factors important to respondents in determining where programs/ projects receive funding

This table details the breakdown of respondents views on the most appropriate location for services. Refer to Figure 8 on page 17 of the Consultation Report.

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Do particular client groups need to be targeted as a priority.

This table illustrates that 77.7% of respondents agree that prioritising responses to disadvantaged populations was the most important factor to consider when determine which programs/projects receive funding. Refer to Figure 10, page 20 of the Consultation Report.

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Criteria for selecting providers

This table provides a breakdown of respondents view of factors which should be considered in determining which service providers receive funding. Refer to Figure 9, page 18 of the Consultation Report for further information.

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