ACOSS Reports & Submissions
Community Services
June 2004
The survey examines key changes in the operating environment of Housing Services, major issues of concern to these organisations, and how they are responding. Indirectly, the survey also provide a sense of how Australian families are faring when accessing or attempting to access Housing Services.
ACOSS Info paper 357. Includes: Community Services sector. Housing services. The pressures upon delivery of service. Agency income, costs and insurance. Centrelink. Federal government policy changes effect upon housing service agencies.
May 2004
This survey report is based on an analysis of the sixth Australians Living on the Edge survey of the community services sector conducted by ACOSS and the state and territory Councils of Social Service in late 2003. The survey examines key changes in the operating environment of Children's Services, major issues of concern to these organisations, and how they are responding. Indirectly, the survey also provides a sense of how Australian families are faring when accessing or attempting to access Children's Services.
ACOSS Info paper 356. Includes: Children's services. Children's services agencies. Labour force. Agency costs. Pressures upon child services delivery, funding and insurance.
February 2004
Many low and middle income parents struggle with the costs of raising their children. Improving payments to families - such as Family Tax Benefit Parenting Payment and Child Care Benefit - is a fairer and more cost effective way to help these familiesthan across-the-board cuts in income tax.
ACOSS Paper 135. Includes: Cost of children. Family assistance payments. Earned income tax credits. ACOSS proposals for reform of payments. Benefits & costs of package.
January 2004
This is the sixth Australians Living on the Edge survey of the community services sector conducted by ACOSS and the state and territory Councils of Social Service. The survey examines key changes in the operating environment of community organisations, major issues of concern to organisations, and how the community services sector is responding. Indirectly, the survey also aims to provide a sense of how the primary users of community services - low-income and disadvantaged Australians - are faring.
ACOSS Paper 132. Includes: Community services survey of organisations.
December 2003
Includes: Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS). Community Legal Centres (CLC). Legal Aid funding. Legal Assistance Needs Project (LAN). Human rights. Family Law. Levels of self-representation. Community legal centres. Private legal profession and pro bono legal services.
August 2003
ACOSS Paper - published by ACOSS 2003
The third edition of the ER Handbook is a practical, hands-on resource for paid and unpaid ER service workers who are engaged in the delivery of ER to clients. Managers and coordinators of community organisations and Australian Government departments will also find useful information about the design and evaluation of ER services.
August 2003
ACOSS Paper 125. Published by ACOSS, 2002.
Includes: Community services survey of organisations.
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 349. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Advocacy by charities. Australian Tax Office (ATO). Charity law reform. Public Benevolent Institution (PBI). Fringe Benefits Tax. Charity Definitions Inquiry. Federal Charity Commission. Amendments to the draft Charity Bill. Charity Definition Inquiry. Defining and regulating advocacy.
August 2003
These selected papers provide critical perspectives on community and area based responses to disadvantage and contribute to the debate about community capacity building within government and the community sector.
ACOSS Paper 130. Includes: States, communities & individuals. Poverty & place. Education & employment. Social economy & social audits. Community 2168. ACFOA & Australian NGOs. Department of Family & Community Services.
January 1970
This submission addressed some of the key recommendations made in the Productivity Commission's draft report on the contribution of the not-for-profit sector. It builds on the extensive consultation and submission ACOSS made to the Inquiry and highlights key issues including the importance of policy development and advocacy to strong and vibrant community services, and the need for regulation and reform of the sector to improve its capacity and effectiveness.
