During the search for literature, examples of funding models were found but only a limited amount of information was available on how it was applied. These examples have been included below to demonstrate the different settings in which models, cognate to formula funding, can be applied.
Case study: Case-based funding in the context of Jobnet Flexi Program South Australia
Community Bridging Services Inc Jobnet Employment program was designed to assist youths to find and maintain employment. The program was part of the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services Case Based Funding Trial in 2001. The program consists of four parts – pre-employment training, job search, Job support, on-going career development. Clients are assessed and classified into one of five levels of needs. Payments are made to the program based on individual need and by following the client it gives them a degree of choice (Brincat and Lochhead, 2001).
Table 6: Case study of case based funding
| Payment |
Outcome |
Based on classification level:
75% of total payment in the first 12 months
Remaining 25% once the outcome has been achieved |
8 hours of work per week for six months |
(Brincat and Lochhead, 2001)
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Case study: Flexible funding in the context of Department of Children’s Services
In 2000, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Department of Children’s Services claiming, amongst other things, untrained caseworkers, inadequate educational services, over-utilisation of emergency shelters and inadequate efforts to achieve permanency. The lawsuit ended in 2001 and resulted in significant system reform and a flow of new state funding. One of the guiding principles of this new model was the implementation of flexible funding that would allow the sharing of resources across system and community partners and would provide regional staff with more flexibility and control in the financing of services and the allocation of resources at the local level with the ultimate aim being the proactive and collaborative use of funding to offset recurring and increasing costs (Department of Children's Services, 2007).