The Sector Sustainability Program is hard-won through sector advocacy, academic evidence, and government consideration. Now we need to work through the detail together. This includes where and how we should allocate funds to ensure Canberrans have a resilient and responsive community service sector. We need to make these decisions together.
We have identified key focus areas over five phases of implementation for the Program through to December 2024. More details on the activities and opportunities for engagement in each phase will be distributed as the project progresses.
If you have any questions about the information provided below, please contact the Community-Based Project Lead Susan Helyer on susan.helyar@act.gov.au
TIMELINE | KEY FOCUS AREAS |
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Phase A July–Nov 2023 | - Establish Governance Committee and Sounding Board.
- Agree evaluation criteria for SSP and methods for stakeholder input to evaluation during 2023-2024.
- Commence activities to progress Counting the Costs Recommendations 2 and 4, by commissioning a Costing Tool to support NGOs fully costing funding proposals and ACT Government funding managers assessing reasonable costs of service delivery.
- Commence activities to progress Counting the Costs Recommendation 3, increased funding efficiencies, as stated in ACT
- Government response and as elicited though consultation with stakeholders.
- Influence consideration inside ACT Government of policies and procedures relevant to sector sustainability.
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Phase B Dec2023-Jan2024 | - First survey of NGO stakeholders to inform evaluation of project.
- Development of advice to ACT Budget 2024-2025 about the Sector Sustainability Program.
- Manage contract to develop Costing Tool.
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Phase C Feb-May 2024 | - Commence activities to progress Counting the Costs Recommendations 5 and 6, by commissioning a Data project to build evidence base of funding unmet need and increasing funding for prevention and early intervention.
- Review of implementation of Counting the Costs Recommendation 1, by reviewing the impact of the 80% WPI/Minimum Wage Case:20% CPI Indexation Formula on fully covering increases in costs of service delivery.
- Manage Data Project contract, and influence consideration inside ACT Government of optimising data sharing and increasing understanding of NGO contribution to health and wellbeing outcomes.
- Influence consideration inside ACT Government of policies and procedures relevant to sector sustainability.
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Phase D June-July 2024 | - Second survey of NGO stakeholders to inform evaluation of project.
- First Evaluation Report to stakeholders.
- Launch Knowledge Hub.
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Phase E Aug-Dec 2024 | - Complete all activities, close down project groups and hand over project materials and Knowledge Hub to ACTCOSS and ACT Government.
- Influence consideration inside ACT Government of insights from SSP consultations on the system impact of commissioning cycles.
- Provide final Evaluation Report and advice on 2025-2028 priorities for Sector Sustainability Program to stakeholders.
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Page updated: 02 May 2025
