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Budget 2008: NGOs

Strong, connected communities form the backbone of a strong, fair nation. Budget 2008 invests over $440 million to fully fund essential services delivered by local community organisations for vulnerable families, children and young people.

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The Labour-led government’s investment in strong families and communities is significantly advanced through Budget 2008.

New funding of $446.5 million will fully fund contracted essential services delivered by community organisations for vulnerable families, children and young people.

And these organisations will also receive regular funding increases to reflect future changes in cost and demand.

Our record of lifting children out of poverty, reducing unemployment, and improving the skills of our young people could not have been achieved without the strong support and close relationship with grass roots community organisations.

The focus on achieving good outcomes is reinforced with a $24.6 million boost to assist 7,500 caregivers caring for more than 10,000 children.

This new funding enables the Unsupported Child’s Benefit and Orphan’s Benefit (UCB/OB) to match the Foster Care Allowance (FCA) weekly rates from 1 April 2009.

This is not only a positive investment in our children but is also recognition of the valuable role that carers – particularly grandparents – play when children cannot be with their parents.

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