ROMA
Stocktake of Family Support Services
 in Queensland
 (Implementation of Recommendation 5.1 from the Queensland Government’s Response to the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry final report: Taking Responsibility: A Roadmap for Queensland Child Protection, December 2013)
February 2014
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
Map of Catchment
Please refer to Appendix 1 for a full list of Statistical Areas (Level 2) within this catchment.
Roma catchment area
The Roma catchment includes the Roma Child Safety Service Centre.
Roma catchment profile
On 30 June 2012, it was estimated there were 41,965 people residing within the Roma catchment area. This represented approximately 1% of the estimated resident population of Queensland (4,565,529 people). The estimated number of children aged 0-17 years was 1,021 people (approximately 1% of the Queensland population of children aged 0-17 years).
The population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Roma as at 30 June 2012 was 3,632 (8.9% of the total population in the catchment). In Queensland, the population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander was 155,824 (3.6% of the total population). 
The population growth of the catchment during 2007 -2012 was 1.2% with a projected population growth for 2011 – 2031 of 0.9%. This is less than the state average of 2.1% and 1.8% respectively and indicates a decline in the population growth. 

Service provision for families – Roma Catchment
Total investment in the Roma catchment is $7,233,443 for services funded by both the Queensland Government and the Australian Government. The service delivery breakdown in Roma is outlined below.
Summary of services for Roma
1.	Tertiary Family Support services
State Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $384,909
·	Total number of services: 2
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $192,455
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd	Lifeline DDSWQ - South West Family Intervention Program	Support Services	Charleville	$214,780	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	The Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane - Anglicare Southern Queensland	Spiritus - TRACC - Roma Family Intervention Service	Support Services	Roma	$170,129	
2.	Intensive Family Support services
State Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $1,251,599
·	Total number of services: 2
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $625,800
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health	Far West Indigenous Family Violence Service	Domestic Violence 	Cunnamulla	 $333,125 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	The Corporation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba Centacare	Centacare Safer Families Support Service	Domestic Violence 	Roma	 $918,474 	
Australian Government funded services:
There are no services in this category in the catchment. Services in this category may be delivered from adjacent catchments.
3.	Secondary/ Targeted Family Support services
State Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $1,730,022
·	Total number of services: 21
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $108,126

Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
Department of Housing and Public Works	Charleville and District Community Support Association Inc	Charleville Supported Accommodation Assistance Program	Homelessness	Charleville	$106,265	
Department of Housing and Public Works	Maranoa Regional Council	Maranoa Housing	Homelessness	Roma	$103,716	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Maranoa Regional Council	Maranoa Youth Program	Youth Support	Roma	 $34,218 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Charleville and District Community Support Association Inc	Charleville Youth Development Program	Youth Support	Charleville	 $39,950 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Paroo Shire Council	Paroo Youth Program	Youth Support	Cunnamulla	 $110,726 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd	St George Youth Development Service	Youth Support	St George	 $110,727 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Western Downs Regional Council	Wandoan Rural Youth Service	Youth Support	Wandoan	 $17,635 	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Care Balonne Association Inc	St George Rural Family Support Service	Family Support	St George	$135,108	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Charleville and District Community Support Association Inc	Charleville and District Family Support Service	Family Support	Charleville	$141,866	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd	Charleville Rural Family Counselling Service	Family Support	Charleville	$96,770	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd	South West Qld Indigenous Family and Youth Coaching and Mentoring Service	Support Services	Roma	$374,275	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Maranoa Regional Council	Maranoa Family Support Service	Family Support	Roma	$134,326	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Murilla Community Centre Inc	Murilla Rural Family Support Service	Family Support	Miles	$166,930	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Tara and District Family Support Committee Inc	Tara Family Support Service	Family Support	Tara	$112,510	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Waminda Services	 	Supports families of young children with disability to link with services, provides specialist play groups and links with other families	 	$22,500	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Waminda Services	 	Supports families of young children with disability to link with services, provides specialist play groups and links with other families	 	$22,500	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services	 	Linking people with disability living in rural and remote communities to a range of support networks and services	 	Not Available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services	 	Linking people with disability living in rural and remote communities to a range of support networks and services	 	Not Available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services	 	Linking people with disability living in rural and remote communities to a range of support networks and services
	 	Not Available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services	 	Linking people with disability living in rural and remote communities to a range of support networks and services	 	Not Available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services	 	Linking people with disability living in rural and remote communities to a range of support networks and services	 	Not Available	

All figures included for Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services - Disability Services are current as at 31 January 2014. Some figures in this table are notionally allocated across catchment areas where the service is provided across more than one catchment.
Australian Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $557,095
·	Total number of services: 3
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $185,698
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
Department of Health	Charleville & Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health	Charleville & Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health	Funded for Counselling services in Charleville and surrounding communities	Charleville	$108,954	
Department of Health	Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health	Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health	Funded to provide a range of Mums and Bubs activities in the Cunnamulla region and surrounding communities	Cunnamulla	$339,188	
Department of Health	Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health	Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health	Funded for Counselling services in Cunnamulla and surrounding communities	Cunnamulla	$108,953	
4.	Universal services
State Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $1,332,081
·	Total number of services: 23
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $57,917
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
Department of Health	Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Ltd	Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health	Indigenous Health	Charleville	$30,058	
Department of Health	Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Ltd	Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health	Indigenous Health	Charleville	$101,296	
 Department of Education, Training and Employment	Blue Care South West Region	Injune Child Care and Family Support Hub	Parents & Families	Injune	$25,290	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Bollon District Children's Residence Incorporated	N/A	Community Support	Bollon	$11,202	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Chinchilla Christian School Limited	Chinchilla Christian School Pre Prep	Education & Training	Chinchilla 	$6,000	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Eulo & District Hostel Association Incorporated	N/A	Community Support	Eulo	$11,202	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Leichhardt House Student Hostel (Chinchilla)	N/A	Community Support	Chinchilla	$63,092	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Maranoa Kindergarten Association	Maranoa Kindergarten	Education & Training	Roma	$10,000	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Maranoa Regional Council	Maranoa Early Learning	Parents & Families
	Surat	$36,225	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Mulga Mates Centre Inc	Mulga Mates Centre	Parents & Families
	Quilpie	$35,450	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Murilla Community Centre Inc	Murilla Outside School Hours Care	Parents & Families	Miles	$5,807	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Roma Rural Student Hostel	N/A	Community Support
	Roma	$30,953	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Tara and District Family Support Committee Inc	Tara and District Family Support Committee	Parents & Families	Tara	$32,215	
Department of Justice and Attorney-General	St George Aboriginal Housing Company (sponsoring St. George Community Justice Group)	Community Justice Groups	Support and reduce Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system and support victims of crime	St George	 $92,500.00 	
Department of Justice and Attorney-General	Paroo Shire Council (sponsoring Cunnamulla Community Justice Group)	Community Justice Groups	Support and reduce Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system and support victims of crime	Cunnamulla	 $92,500.00 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Charleville and District Community Support Association Inc	Charleville and District Community Support Service	Neighbourhood Centres	Charleville	 $103,843 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Chinchilla Family Support Centre Inc	Chinchilla Community Support Service	Neighbourhood Centres	Chinchilla	 $91,001 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Maranoa Regional Council	Maranoa Community Support Service	Neighbourhood Centres	Roma	 $102,988 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Tara and District Family Support Committee Inc	Tara Neighbourhood Centre	Neighbourhood Centres	Tara	 $103,244 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Murilla Community Centre Inc	Murilla Community Centre	Neighbourhood Centres	Miles	 $103,163 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Care Balonne Association Inc	Care Balonne Community Support Service	Neighbourhood Centres	St George	 $122,409 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Maranoa Regional Council	Surat Community Development Service	Neighbourhood Centres	Surat	 $42,110 	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Paroo Shire Council	Paroo Community Support Service	Neighbourhood Centres	Cunnamulla	 $ 79,533 	
Australian Government funded services:
·	Total investment (per annum): $1,977,737
·	Total number of services: 19
·	Average investment per service (per annum): $109,874
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target group/ service users/ service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual 
(per annum)	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Adults with children and young people in their care, who are seeking assistance with conflict and decision making and family law disputes arising from separation or divorce	Charleville	$36,041	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	Charleville	$102,398	
Department of Education	The Uniting Church In Australia Frontier Services	R.A.F.S. Charleville	Children, families	Charleville	$242,363	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Adults with children and young people in their care, who are seeking assistance with conflict and decision making and family law disputes arising from separation or divorce	Chinchilla	$286,082	
Department of Education	Churches Of Christ In Queensland	Cunnamulla Youth Vacation Care	Children, families - indigenous service	Cunnamulla	$31,962	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	Cunnamulla	$102,398	
Department of Education	The Creche And Kindergarten Association Limited	Glenmorgan Mobile Service	Children, families	Glenmorgan	$47,891	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Adults with children and young people in their care, who are seeking assistance with conflict and decision making and family law disputes arising from separation or divorce	Roma	$286,082	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Adults with children and young people in their care, who are seeking assistance with conflict and decision making and family law disputes arising from separation or divorce	Roma	$36,041	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	Roma	$51,199	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	Roma	$51,199	
Department of Social Services	The Corporation Of The Synod Of The Diocese Of Brisbane - Anglicare Southern Queensland	The Corporation Of The Synod Of The Diocese Of Brisbane	Vulnerable children and families; primary focus is on children 0-12 years	Roma	$113,034	
Department of Education	Churches Of Christ In Queensland	St George Mobile Children's Service	Children, families	St George	$194,539	
Department of Social Services	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Corporation Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toowoomba	Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	St George	$102,398	
Department of Social Services	Lifeline Darling Downs And South West Queensland Ltd	Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland Limited	Indigenous individuals, families and communities impacted by family violence	St George	$612	
Department of Social Services	Lifeline Darling Downs And South West Queensland Ltd	Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland Limited	Indigenous individuals, families and communities impacted by family violence	St George	Not Available	
Department of Social Services	St George Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd	St George Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd	Disadvantaged indigenous communities and families	St George	$165,608	
Department of Education	St George Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd	St George Aboriginal Enrich & Vacation Care	Children, families - indigenous service	St George	$51,748	
Department of Social Services	Tara And District Family Support Committee Inc	Tara And District Family Support Committee Inc	Vulnerable children and families; primary focus is on children 0-12 years	Tara	$76,142	
Appendix 1
DCCSDS Region	Child Safety Catchment 	Child Safety Service Centre	Statistical Area Level 2	
South West	Roma	Roma	Balonne	
South West	Roma	Roma	Charleville	
South West	Roma	Roma	Chinchilla	
South West	Roma	Roma	Far South West	
South West	Roma	Roma	Miles - Wandoan	
South West	Roma	Roma	Roma	
South West	Roma	Roma	Roma Region	
South West	Roma	Roma	Tara