Funding available for sexual violence services through Budget 2016
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In Budget 2016, the Government invested $46 million over four years to create a more sustainable and integrated national system of services to ensure more people get what they need at the right time.
High level breakdown of funding, by service type
The table below illustrates what the sexual violence services investment over four years aimed to support.
This included funding allocated for the implementation of a new national sexual helpline, harmful sexual behaviour services and services for male survivors of sexual abuse.
Service type |
Funding type |
16/17 ($m) |
17/18 ($m) |
18/19 ($m) |
19/20 ($m) |
4 year total ($m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual violence crisis support services for victims in crisis (including new national sexual violence helpline) |
New |
3.612 |
5.279 |
9.714 |
12.439 |
31.044 |
Reprioritised |
1.600 |
1.600 |
1.600 |
1.600 |
6.400 |
|
Services for people with concerning or harmful sexual behaviour (children, youth and adults) |
New |
2.168 |
2.247 |
2.213 |
0.000 |
6.628 |
Services for male survivors of sexual abuse |
New |
0.500 |
0.650 |
0.750 |
0.000 |
1.900 |
Total |
7.880 |
9.776 |
14.277 |
14.039 |
45.972 |
Please note:
- that for harmful sexual behaviour services and services for male survivors of sexual abuse, funding for three years has been appropriated. Further advice was provided to Ministers regarding future funding for these services as part of Budget 2019.
- that within this budget a small component ($2.702m over four years) has been ring-fenced for the development, implementation and evaluation of each service type.
Fiscally neutral shift of funding
Since the release of the above information in December 2016, we carried out a fiscally neutral shift in funding to ensure there was adequate funding for implementation of the national sexual violence helpline.
Service type |
Funding type |
16/17 ($m) |
17/18 ($m) |
18/19 ($m) |
19/20 ($m) |
4 year total ($m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual Harm Crisis Support Services |
New |
3.612 |
5.279 |
9.714 |
12.439 |
31.044 |
Reprioritised |
1.600 |
1.600 |
1.600 |
1.600 |
6.400 | |
Change |
0.000 |
0.913 |
0.087 |
-1.000 |
0.000 | |
Services for people with concerning or harmful sexual behaviour (children, youth and adults) |
New |
2.168 |
2.247 |
2.213 |
0.000 |
6.628 |
Services for male survivors of sexual abuse |
New |
0.500 |
0.650 |
0.750 |
0.000 |
1.900 |
Total |
7.880 |
10.689 |
14.364 |
13.039 |
45.972 |
Full breakdown of funding, by service and funding type
The following table provides a further breakdown of this funding.
Service type |
Funding type |
16/17 ($m) |
17/18 ($m) |
18/19 ($m) |
19/20 ($m) |
4 year total ($m) |
20/21 ($m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual violence crisis support services for victims in crisis (including new national sexual violence helpline) |
Service Delivery - Crisis Support |
4.550 |
6.031 |
9.753 |
11.820 |
32.154 |
11.820 |
Service Delivery - Helpline |
0.000 |
1.063 |
1.000 |
1.041 |
3.104 |
2.041 | |
Design, implementation and evaluation |
0.662 |
0.698 |
0.648 |
0.178 |
2.186 |
0.000 | |
Services for people with concerning or harmful sexual behaviour (children, youth and adults) |
Service Delivery - Children |
0.795 |
0.795 |
0.795 |
0.000 |
2.385 |
0.000 |
Service Delivery - Adults |
1.198 |
1.241 |
1.288 |
0.000 |
3.727 |
0.000 | |
Design, implementation and evaluation |
0.175 |
0.211 |
0.130 |
0.000 |
0.516 |
0.000 | |
Services for male survivors of sexual abuse |
Service Delivery |
0.500 |
0.650 |
0.750 |
0.000 |
1.900 |
0.000 |
Total |
7.880 |
10.689 |
14.364 |
13.039 |
45.972 |
13.861 |