Twelve services provided information about funding sources. Unsurprisingly, services reported that the largest part of their funding is provided by Commonwealth and state/territory governments. Of the four services that listed self-generated funding, three are part of large parent organisations, while one is a small Indigenous organisation. Philanthropic trusts and other non-government funding bodies contribute to a very small extent (see Table 12 below for detail).
Table 12: Funding sources
Service* | Australian Government | State/Territory government | Client contributions | Donations/self-generated funds/contribution from parent organisation | Philanthropic trusts, other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 90% DoHA | 10% | |||
2 | 100% | ||||
3 | DoHA | NT Gov | |||
4 | AOD:10% MH: 10% Medicare, 10% DoHA | AOD: 90% MH: 80% | |||
5 | DoHA NGOTGP17 | QLD dept's of Health, Housing, DETA18 | rent and board | minimal | |
6 | 30% DoHA | 20% TAS Dept. of Health and Human Services 10% Attorney General's Dept | 40% | ||
7 | 25% | 65% DHS (Vic) | 1% phil. trust 8% private prison 1% fee for service (education & training) | ||
8 | 1% | 99% DHS (Vic) | |||
9 | DOHA NGOTGP | ||||
10 | 88% Government | 88% Government | <1% | 11% | |
11 | 59.5% DoHA OATSIH19 9% DoHA | 20% NSW Health | 9.5% | 2% AERF20 | |
12 | 7% | 76% Vic | 8% ACSO21 9% other |
* Services have been numbered randomly.
17 Non-Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program, DoHA
18 Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Queensland
19 Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, DoHA
20 Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation
21 Australian Community Support Organisation