Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2003 (No 1)
Notifiable instrument NI2003— 404

made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s19D (Amendment of Performance Criteria)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2003 (No 1).
2	Commencement
	This instrument is taken to have commenced 1 July 2003.
3	Amendment of 2003-2004 performance criteria
	The performance criteria for the 2003-2004 financial year are amended as set out in the schedule.

Katy Gallagher  MLA
Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services

29th September 2003

Schedule

Department	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	
			2003-04
Budget papers	2003-04
Amended target	
					
Department of Education, Youth and Family Services	Output Class 1:  Government School Education
Output 1.4:  Government Special Education	Quality/Effectiveness measure New measure:  Parent satisfaction with their children’s education as measured by annual survey.	
Not applicable	
95%	

Output Class 4:  Children’s, Youth and Family Services
Output 4.2:  Early Intervention Programs	
Quantity measure 
Amend target:  Number of eligible children with developmental delays and disabilities who attended an early intervention program.

350	

450	

Department	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	
			2003-04
Budget papers	2003-04
Amended target	
					
	Output Class 4:  Children’s, Youth and Family Services
Output 4.5:  Youth Justice	Quantity measure 
Amend target:  Number of youth on community based orders.	
160	
280	
		Quantity measure 
Amend target:  Number of custody days used by youths with special needs.	
3  000	
4  000	
		Quantity measure 
Amend target:  Number of court reports and assessments.	
750	
950	
		Quantity measure 
Delete measure:  Number of community clients provided with community well being programs.	
30	
Delete measure	
		Quantity measure 
New measure:  Number of community clients accepted into community well being programs.	
Not applicable	
30	
		Quality/Effectiveness measure
Delete measure:  Children’s Court agreement with the recommendations of reports and assessments prepared by Youth Justice Services.	
85%	
Delete measure	

Department	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	
			2003-04
Budget papers	2003-04
Amended target	
					
	Output Class 4:  Children’s, Youth and Family Services
Output 4.6:  Care and Protection Services	Quantity measure
Delete measure:  Reports of concern about children.	
2  800	
Delete measure	
		Quantity measure 
New measure:  Reports of concern about children and young people.	
Not applicable	
2  800	
		Quantity measure 
Delete measure:  Reports of suspected child abuse.	
1  000	
Delete measure	
		Quantity measure 
New measure:  Reports requiring appraisal.	
Not applicable	
1  000	
		Quality/Effectiveness measure
Delete measure:  Appraisals completed as a percentage of all reports of suspected child abuse.	
90%	
Delete measure	
		Quality/Effectiveness measure
New measure:  Appraisals of reports completed as a percentage of those reports able to be completed in a particular reporting period.	
Not applicable	
90%