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Family-Centred Services funding awarded for 2011/12

Applications for funding under the Family-Centred Services Fund for the 2011/2012 financial year opened on 1 April 2011 and closed 29 April 2011. A total of $13.335 million of funding is available for the 2011/2012 year. This consists of $10.535 million annually along with an additional $2.8 million to support innovative and joined up family violence co-ordination for the 2011/2012 year only. Applicants could apply as an individual organisation or as a part of a collective

At a glance

  • 293 applications were received valued at $37,696,849.
    • 205 were for individual applications totalling $17,821,056
    • 88 were for collective applications totalling $19,875,793
  • 166 of the 293 applications will receive funding for the 2011/2012 year with a total value of $10,555,391. 
    • 121 were for delivery of direct services totalling $7,250,326 in approved funding
    • 35 were for service co-ordination, totalling $2,641,255 in approved funding
    • 10 were for the delivery of both direct services and service co-ordination, totalling $663,810 in approved funding.

The breakdown of Family-Centred Services Fund funding is as follows:

Funding breakdown # of providersAmount funded
Front line family violence  services to families and whānau 121 $ 7,250,326
Providers whose contracts are rolled over under the previous Family Violence Whānau Ora Fund 25 $ 2,000,000
Family violence co-ordination services 35 $ 2,641,255
Combined direct and co-ordination services 10 $    663,810
A central pool of unallocated funding for future distribution   $     779,609
Total 191 $13,335,000

$779,609 remains unallocated, and we will be working with providers to further target areas of high need and address gaps in service provision with this funding.

18 applications (worth $1,470,000) have been given conditional approval. These applicants will not be listed on the website until the contracts are confirmed.

Funding awarded by region

  Total amount granted
National $ 90,000
Northland $ 776,490
Rodney/ North Shore $ 322,877
Waitakere $ 530,000
Auckland City $ 506,175
Manukau/ Franklin $ 1,188,623
Waikato/ Hamilton $ 1,037,110
South Waikato/ Taupo $ 448,980
Tauranga/ West BOP $ 388,865
Whakatane/ Opotiki $ 270,000
Rotorua $ 311,565
Gisborne $ 305,000
Hawke's Bay $ 460,668
Taranaki $ 234,433
Whanganui/ Rangitikei $ 328,147
Manawatu/ Horowhenua $ 428,864
Tararua/ Wairarapa $ 299,630
Kapiti/ Porirua $ 377,500
Hutt/ Wellington $ 234,633
Marlborough/ Nelson $ 335,840
West Coast $ 269,014
Christchurch/ North Canterbury $ 526,502
South Canterbury $ 193,660
Otago $ 436,815
Southland $ 254,000
Total $ 10,555,931

Family Violence Whānau Ora Fund

This table shows the funding allocated for the 2011/2012 year, for the fund previously called Family Violence Whanau Ora.

OrganisationLocationAmount allocated
Bream Bay Community Support Trust Ruakaka $70,000
DOVE Hawkes Bay Napier $70,000
Family Focus Rotorua Rotorua $80,000
Kokiri Marae Keriana Olsen Trust Wellington $80,000
Lalotoa I Aotearoa (L.I.A) Trust Manukau $70,000
Man Alive Charitable Trust Henderson $33,000
Ngati Hau Health and Social Services Whangarei $80,000
Pacific Island Womens' Refuge Onehunga, Akld $80,000
PI Safety and Prevention Project Inc Henderson, Alkd $204,000
Te Hunga Manaaki O Te Puke Te Puke $60,000
Te Puna O te Aroha Maori Women's Refuge Whangarei $80,000
Te Puna Oranga Christchurch $80,000
Te Roopu Whakaruruhau O Nga Wahine Maori Inc Palmerston North $80,000
Te Whakaruruhau Maori Womens Refuge Inc Hamilton $100,000
Te Whanau o te Maungarongo Lower Hutt Wellington $80,000
Te Whanau Tahi Papakura $80,000
Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Dunedin $75,000
Te Whare Tu Wahine Gisborne $80,000
Te Whariki Manawahine O Hauraki - Hauraki Womens' Refuge Thames $80,000
Te Wheke Atawhai Ltd Opotiki $68,000
TOA Pacific Otahuhu 65,000
Tu Tama Wahine O Taranaki New Plymouth $80,000
Tuwharetoa Ki Kawerau Health Education and Social Services Kawerau $70,000
Western Refuge Society Inc and Viviana Outreach Henderson $75,000
Whare Timatatanga Hou Ora Kaitaia Women's Refuge Kaitaia $80,000
Total   2,000,000