Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2006 (No 3)*
Notifiable instrument NI2006–143
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 2006 (No 3).
2	Commencement 
This instrument is to have commenced on 1 July 2005. 
3	Performance Criteria Amendment
Department	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	
			2005-06
Budget papers	2005-06
Amended target	
	Strategic Indicators				
Disability Housing and Community Services – Office for Children, Youth and Family Support	Strategic Indicator 1 – Provision of a range of services that meet the needs of young people involved with youth justice services	

Recidivism Rates for Sentenced Young People in Custody	

10%	

45%	
	Strategic Indicator 3 – Provision of prevention/early intervention services that reduce the number of renotifications of abuse.	Resubstantiation Rates
	Resubstantiation Rate – Whithin 3 Months
	Resubstantiation Rate – Whithin 12 Months	
8%
10%	
20%
35%	
	Accountability Indicators				
	Output Class 1:  Children Youth and Family Support
Output 1.1 – Client and Adolescent Services	

Number of Young people receiving community based orders by the Children’s court
Number of individual clients supported by the Turnaround Program	

280

30	

550

20	
	Output Class 2:  Early Intervention
Output 2.1 – Child Development, Family Support and Prevention Services	
Number of Children or Young people receiving targeted intervention services through the Adolescent Day Unit, Schools as Communities and Youth Connections Service
	
150	
536	
Disability Housing and Community Services	Output Class 2:  Early Intervention
Output 2.2 – Child and Family Centre Program	
Number of families accessing services
Number of parenting sessions
Number of Community Development/Education Programs
	
450
50
20	
600
80
80	

4	Statement of reasons for amendments
	Section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996 provides that the Minister may by instrument amend performance criteria.  

Katy Gallagher
Minister for Children, Youth and Family Support
   13 April 2006