1. The Current Funding Agreement (including Schedules And Variations) Governing The Operation Of The Geelong Family Relationship Centre. 2. Any Completed Compliance Review, Audit Report, Or Formal…

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Australian Government

Attorney-General's Department

# Family Relationship Centre (FRC) checklist

|  Organisation name | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |
| --- | --- |
|  Activity Id | s 22 irrelevant to scope of request / 4-BJR7VW4  |

# Mandatory requirements

|  Checklist  |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Mandatory requirement | Indicator | Checkbox  |
|  Child focus | Indicators of a child focused approach include the encouragement of separating or separated parents to focus on the best interest of their child when dealing with family law matters.
Additionally, it is a legislative requirement in the Family Law Act 1975 for family dispute resolution practitioners and family counselors to inform parents that the best interests of their child are the paramount consideration in the resolution of the disputed matter. | ☑  |
|  Early intervention and prevention focus | Indicators of an early intervention and prevention focus include mechanisms to identify presenting issues and needs before and as they arise. | ☑  |
|  Integrated services and collaboration | Indicators of an integrated service and collaboration include the provision of information and advice about service options, appropriate referrals to other family law services and support services as early as possible, and timely and well-coordinated responses from those who can help keep children and families at risk of harm safe. | ☑  |
|  Family dispute resolution | Service providers to the FRC service must meet the requirements of the Operational Framework for Family Relationship Centres, which includes the provision of family dispute resolution. This is in line with section 3.3 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines (GOGs) | ☑  |

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# Activity requirements

|  Checklist  |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Activity requirement | Indicator | Checkbox  |
|  Information | Information in relation to family relationships (such as relationship difficulties and separation) and children's needs | ☒  |
|  Advice | Assist families to identify family law services and support services that can assist in meeting their needs.
Advice on children's needs. | ☒  |
|  Family dispute resolution | Family dispute resolution that assists separating or separated families to agree on parenting arrangements. | ☒  |
|  Property mediation | Assist families to agree on property pool division. | ☒  |
|  Education | Information sessions or seminars to inform parents on family relationship issues. | ☐  |

# Listed activities that are out of scope of the grant opportunity

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Australian Government

Attorney-General's Department

# Family Relationships Services Program

2022-23 AWP Report assessment

Family Relationship Centres (FRC) checklist

Grant Activity details

|  Activity Id | 4-BJR7VW4 | Legal entity name |   | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Contact name | s 22(1) |   | Phone number |   | s 22(1)  |
|  Email address | s 22(1) @catholiccarevic.org.au  |   |   |   |   |
|  FAM name | s 22(1)  |   |   |   |   |
|  AWP report CM reference | 23#789405DOC | Current AWP CM reference |   |   | 19#485569DOC  |

Baseline checks

|   |  |   | If no, date follow up initiated and CM ref  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  DEX data submitted | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  AWP corresponds to AWP report (all items reported against) | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Risk assessments performed | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | Low - Lower Range  |

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# Priority activities

Is there evidence of the organisation delivering all of the priority activities for the sub-program?

|   | Evidence submitted |   | If no, date follow up initiated and CM ref  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Intake, screening and assessment | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Information/advice sessions | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Education sessions | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Referral | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Family dispute resolution (as defined in the Family Law Act) | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Property mediation | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |

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# Delivery approaches

|  Did the report demonstrate the following approaches?  |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Evidence submitted |   | If no, date follow up initiated and CM ref  |
|  Child-focused | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Early intervention and prevention focused | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Integrated and collaborative | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | Extensive stakeholder list included in report  |

# Budget (optional)

|   |  | Yes | No | N/A  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Did the organisation complete a budget? | ☑ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  2 | Did expenditure amounts vary from the approved budget (in the AWP)? | ☑ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  3 | If expenditure amounts varied from the approved budget, was the funding used to achieve the objectives and activities of the program and in line with eligible expenditure? | ☑ | ☐ | ☐  |

# Additional notes (optional)

|   |  | Yes | No | N/A  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Did the organisation report on changes observed in the client cohort | ☐ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  2 | Did the organisation report on issues impacting service delivery | ☐ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  3 | Did the organisation report on services offered which were not funded under the FRSP grant | ☐ | ☐ | ☐  |

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Comments

s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

Note for future AWP reports – include reference to the early intervention and prevention approach of the services.

|  Assessment finalised | ☑ Yes | Date | 7/11/2023 | FLSS officer | s 22(1)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

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# Grant Details

|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |
|  Schedule ID: | 4-BJIKOGZ  |

# A. Purpose of the Grant

The purpose of the Grant is to:

The Family Relationships Services Program (FRSP) delivers family law services to improve the wellbeing of Australian families, particularly those with children, who are separated or separating, many of who have experienced family and domestic violence. The FRSP delivers services which help families to navigate the family law system during separation, as well as supporting families to create and maintain sustainable parenting arrangements. The program does not provide funding to deliver family and domestic violence services, gambling or substance abuse recovery programs, financial counselling or general parenting education which does not relate to co-parenting after separation.

This Grant is being provided under, and these Grant Details form part of, the Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Grantee.

The Grant is being provided as part of the Family Relationships Services Program - Family Law Services program

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# Family Relationship Centres- 4-BJR7VW4

## B. Activity

Family Relationship Centres are a gateway to the broader family law and family support service system. The objectives of Family Relationship Centres are to:

- Give separating families help to achieve workable parenting arrangements (outside the court system) through information and referral, support and family dispute resolution services
- Give intact families help with their family relationships and parenting through appropriate information and referral, and
- Deliver high quality, safe and ethical services

FRCs will meet these objectives by providing a range of assistance to individuals and families, including:

- Information about family relationships at all stages – forming new relationships, overcoming relationship difficulties or dealing with separation
- Providing referral pathways and access for families that may require additional services to meet identified needs
- Education and advice to help individuals focus on the needs of the children while co-parenting
- Joint dispute resolution to help families to agree on parenting and/or property arrangements, and
- Information sessions and seminars to help educate parents on the impacts of separation and co-parenting on children, for example, about focusing on their children's best interest through and beyond separation

The activities which FRCs must deliver (the Priority Activities) are:

- Intake, screening and assessment
- Information/advice
- Education
- Referrals
- Family Dispute Resolution (as defined in the Family Law Act 1975)
- Property mediation

Other eligible activities which FRCs may undertake using grant funding include:

- Child-inclusive practice
- Staff training and development in relevant matters (this includes enhancing the skills of staff in responding to families who have experienced family and domestic violence)
- Undertaking outreach activities to locations without local FRC services (where this does not negatively impact on service delivery at the main location).

Grant funds must only be used for eligible activities, which are directly related to delivering the grant activity.

The following are examples of activities which cannot be funded in this activity:

- Delivery of services or programs to clients which are targeted at ending family violence or changing perpetrator behaviours (this does not include staff maintaining skills to appropriately respond to allegations of family and domestic violence or recognise the presence of/risks associated with family violence)
- Family counselling (as defined in the Family Law Act 1975)
- Relocation costs
- Major construction or capital works including construction of a new premises, extensive renovation projects, and work that extent beyond the existing footprint of the current premises

For other ineligible activities please refer to the relevant Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

In delivering FRC services, you must comply with:

- Operational Framework for Family Relationship Centres, which includes the:
- Referral Guidelines for Family Relationship Centres
- Service Charter and Complaints, and
- Guidelines for Referrals to Legal Advice by staff in Family Relationship Centres
- Trade Mark Protocols and Branding Guidelines for Family Relationship Centres

The Grantee is responsible for ensuring that personnel working on the Activity have the appropriate vetting and relevant mandatory qualifications as required within the relevant professional field including:

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- Staff working on the Activity maintain the currency of their working with children or vulnerable people registration as required under the relevant state/territory legislation
- Staff delivering family dispute resolution services are accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners and comply with the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2008

Staff working in FRCs must be aware of the issues associated with delivering services to families experiencing family and domestic violence, and have the skills necessary to deliver trauma-informed services. Relevant staff must be able to undertake screening and assessment activities in order to identify families displaying indicators of being subjected to forms of family and domestic violence including coercive control.

Further information about these requirements is detailed in the Operational Framework for Family Relationship Centres.

## Important requirements

You must comply with:

- relevant Attorney-General's Department Policies* which may include (but are not limited to)
- The Family Relationships Services Program Grant Program Information*
- Family Relationship Centre Operational Framework*
- Family Relationship Centre Trademark Protocol, Branding Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions*,
- The Protocol for the Provision of Legal Assistance in Family Relationship Centres*
- Service Charter for Family Relationship Centres*
- Referral Guidelines*
- Guidance for providers of SCaSP services*
- Authorised family counsellors in the family law system delegation*
- Children's Contact Services Guiding Principles Framework for Good Practice
- the relevant Grant Opportunity Guidelines*;
- the relevant Data Exchange Protocols*; and
- the relevant Grant Opportunity Guidelines*;
- the relevant Data Exchange Protocols*; and
- any other service compliance requirements applicable for the Activities you are funded to deliver*

*Any or all of these may be amended by us from time to time. If we amend these we will notify you in writing at least one month prior to the changes coming into effect. The latest version can be found on the Attorney-General's Department's website at ag.gov.au

You must ensure that cultural and linguistic diversity is not a barrier for people targeted by this Activity by providing services which are culturally safe, and by facilitating access to cultural liaison or language services where possible.

## Data Exchange Reporting

You must provide client level data and service delivery information from all recipients of this Activity in accordance with the Attorney-General's specific guidance in the Data Exchange (https://dex.dss.gov.au/document/1521).

You must provide the data required within the Data Exchange through an approved mechanism as outlined in the Data Exchange Protocols.

You are required to finalise the submission of data within the Data Exchange for each reporting period within 30 days of the reporting period ceasing, as set out in the reporting schedule below.

For this Activity, participation in the "partnership approach" is a requirement of funding. By participating, you agree to provide some additional information in exchange for the receipt of regular and relevant reports. The main focus of the partnership approach is collecting information about the outcomes achieved by clients as a result of service delivery. The partnership approach also includes some extended data items that provide additional information about client demographics, needs and circumstances.

## Activity Work Plan

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The detailed deliverables and activities you will undertake to fulfil this Activity must be provided as part of your Activity Work Plan, to be developed in consultation with, and provided to the Department as specified in Item E. Once mutually agreed the Activity Work Plan will form part of the Agreement. The Activity Work Plan can be updated throughout the grant period and will be subject to approval from AGD. You are required to report against any performance measures set out in the Activity Work Plan within 45 days of the reporting period ceasing.

## Outlet Locations

Any changes to the outlet locations listed below are subject to written approval from AGD and must be advised to us in writing within thirty (30) Business Days of any change commencing.

## Service Areas

You must provide services across the service area as outlined in the table below.

Where you are funded to deliver the Activity for more than one service area, and you have met the requirements within one of these service areas, you may shift all or part of any remaining funds to another service area you support under this Activity. You must seek our written approval and advise us of resource attributions annually.

## Use of Location, Service Information and Attributed Funding Information

The information listed below on location, service area and any attributed AGD funding amounts will be used by us to provide reports, by region, on AGD's funding.

The information may be published on a Commonwealth website.

## Performance Indicators

The Activity will be measured against the following Performance Indicator/s:

|  Performance Indicator Description | Measure  |
| --- | --- |
|  Number of clients assisted | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Number of events / service instances delivered | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of participants from priority target groups | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of clients achieving individual goals related to independence, participation and well-being | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of clients achieving improved independence, participation and well-being | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Activities are completed according to scope, quality, | The Department and you agree that the Activity  |

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|  Performance Indicator Description | Measure  |
| --- | --- |
|  timeframes and budget defined in the Activity Work Plan | Work Plan has been completed as specified or, in case of divergence, to a satisfactory standard.  |

## Location Information

The Activity will be delivered from the following site location/s:

|   | Location Type | Name | Address  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Direct Funded | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania | 383 Albert Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002  |

## Service Area Information

The Activity will service the following service area/s:

|   | Type | Service Area  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Statistical Area Level 4 (2016) | Geelong  |
|  s 22(1)  |   |   |

## C. Duration of the Grant

The Activity starts on 1 July 2019.

The Activity (other than the provision of any final reports) ends on 30 June 2026, which is the Activity's Completion Date.

The Agreement ends on 30 November 2026 or when the Grantee has provided all of the reports and repaid any Grant amount as required under this Agreement.

## D. Payment of the Grant

The total amount of the Grant is $10,552,415.97* (GST exclusive).

s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

*This amount may include Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 Supplementation (SACS).

The Grantee must ensure that the Grant is held in an account in the Grantee's name and which the Grantee controls, with an authorised deposit-taking institution authorised under the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) to carry on banking business in Australia.

The Grantee's nominated bank account into which the Grant is to be paid is:

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|  BSB Number | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Financial Institution  |   |
|  Account Number  |   |
|  Account Name  |   |

The Grant will be paid in instalments by the Commonwealth in accordance with the agreed Milestones, and compliance by the Grantee with its obligations under this Agreement.

|  Milestone | Anticipated date | Amount (excl. GST) | GST | Total (incl. GST)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2019-20 funds | 9 July 2019 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 9 July 2019  |   |   |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2019-20 funds | 2 December 2019  |   |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 2 December 2019  |   |   |   |
|  2019-20 Indexation Payment | 8 June 2020  |   |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 8 June 2020  |   |   |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2020-21 funds | 14 July 2020  |   |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 14 July 2020  |   |   |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2020-21 funds | 1 December 2020  |   |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 1 December 2020  |   |   |   |
|  2020-21 Indexation Payment | 19 May 2021  |   |   |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 19 May 2021  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2021-22 funds | 13 July 2021  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2021-22 funds | 1 December 2021  |   |   |   |
|  2021-22 Indexation Payment | 5 May 2022  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 12 July 2022  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 1 December 2022  |   |   |   |
|  2022-23 Indexation and Supplementation Payment | 12 April 2023  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 11 July 2023  |   |   |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 1 December 2023  |   |   |   |
|  2023-24 Indexation Payment | 15 February 2024  |   |   |   |

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|  Half-yearly payment of 2024-25 funds | 11 July 2024 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2024-25 funds | 3 December 2024  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2025-26 funds | 11 July 2025  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2025-26 funds | 1 December 2025  |   |
|  |   |   |
|  Total Amount |   | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |

## Invoicing

None Specified

## Taxes, duties and government charges

GST Provisions – you are a Government Related Entity

D.1 In this clause:

(a) the term ‘GST Act’ means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth);

(b) the terms ‘supply’, ‘supplier’, ‘taxable supply’, ‘tax invoice’, ‘GST’, ‘input tax credit’ and ‘decreasing adjustment’ have the same meaning as given in the GST Act; and

(c) ‘receiver of the supply’ has the same meaning as the term ‘recipient’ has in the GST Act.

D.2 The parties have entered into this Agreement on the understanding that:

(a) the parties are both ‘government related entities’ as defined in the GST Act; and either:

(b) the payment of the Grant:

(i) is covered by an appropriation under an Australian law; and

(ii) is calculated on the basis that the sum of the Grant and anything else that you receive from us in connection with, or in response to, or for the inducement of that supply under this Agreement, or a related supply does not exceed your anticipated or actual costs of making those supplies; or

(c) the payment of the Grant is a kind of payment specified in regulations made for the purposes of s.9-17 of the GST Act.

D.3 On the basis of the matter described in clause D.2, the parties rely on s.9-17 of the GST Act for no GST being imposed in connection with a supply made under this Agreement.

D.4 You must pay all taxes, duties and government charges imposed or levied in Australia or overseas in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except as provided by this clause.

D.5 If, despite clauses D.2 and D.3, one party (‘supplier’) makes a taxable supply to the other party (‘receiver of the supply’) under this Agreement the receiver of the supply will pay without set-off, on provision of a tax invoice, an additional amount to the supplier equal to the GST imposed on the supply in question.

D.6 No party may claim or retain from the other party any amount in relation to a supply made under this Agreement for which the first party can obtain an input tax credit or decreasing adjustment.

D.7 The parties acknowledge and agree that each Party:

(a) has quoted its Australian Business Number to the other; and

(b) must tell the other of any changes to the matters covered by this clause.

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D.8 This clause survives the expiry or termination of this Agreement or any aspect of it.

OR

GST Provisions – you are registered or required to be registered for GST

D.1. In this clause:

(a) the term ‘GST Act’ means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth);
(b) the terms ‘supply’, ‘supplier’, ‘taxable supply’, ‘tax invoice’, ‘GST’, ‘input tax credit’, ‘decreasing adjustment’ and ‘adjustment note’ have the same meaning as given in the GST Act; and
(c) the term ‘RCTI’ means a ‘recipient created tax invoice’ as defined in the GST Act. For the purpose of this Agreement, an RCTI is a tax invoice belonging to a class of tax invoices that the Australian Commissioner of Taxation has determined in writing may be issued by the receiver of the supply; and
(d) ‘receiver of the supply’ has the same meaning as the term ‘recipient’ has in the GST Act.

D.2 You must pay all taxes, duties and government charges imposed or levied in Australia or overseas in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except as provided by this clause.
D.3 If one party (‘supplier’) makes a taxable supply to the other party (‘receiver of the supply’) under this Agreement the receiver of the supply will pay without set-off, on provision of a tax invoice or RCTI, an additional amount to the supplier equal to the GST imposed on the supply in question.
D.4 If an amount on account of GST has been included in the consideration for a supply under this Agreement, the amount of GST is as specified in this Item D.
D.5 If an amount on account of GST has been included in the consideration for a supply under this Agreement and the supply is not a taxable supply for any reason, the supplier must, on demand, refund the amount paid on account of GST to the receiver of the supply.
D.6 No party may claim or retain from the other party any amount in relation to a supply made under this Agreement for which the first party can obtain an input tax credit or decreasing adjustment.
D.7 The parties acknowledge and agree that each party:

(a) is registered for GST purposes;
(b) has quoted its Australian Business Number to the other; and
(c) must tell the other of any changes to the matters covered by this clause.

D.8 We (as the receiver of the supply) will issue RCTI(s) and any adjustment notes for any taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement within 28 days of us determining the value of the taxable supplies in question.
D.9 You must not issue tax invoices or adjustment notes for taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement.
D.10 Both parties must comply with the determination scheduled to GST Ruling 2000/10.
D.11 We will not issue RCTI(s) or adjustment notes for taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement at any time that either Party fails to comply with any of the requirements in clauses D.7 to D.11.

## E. Reporting

The Grantee agrees to create the following reports in the form specified and to provide the reports to the Commonwealth representative in accordance with the following.

|  Milestone | Information to be included | Due Date  |
| --- | --- | --- |

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|  Activity Work Plan | Output-level detail for the funded Activity negotiated with DSS and captured in an Activity Work Plan as per Item E.2 | 12 August 2019  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2020  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2020  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2020  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2020  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2021  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2021  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2021  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2021  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2022  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2022  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2022  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2022  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2023  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2023  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2023  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2023  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2024  |
|  Activity Work Plan | Output-level detail for the funded Activity negotiated with AGD and captured in an Activity Work Plan as per Item E.2 to cover the Financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26. | 31 May 2024  |

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|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2024  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2024  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2024  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2025  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2025  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance, or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2025  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2025  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2026  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2026  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance, or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2026  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2026  |

## E.1 Performance Reports

### Data Exchange Reports

You must provide client and service delivery information to the Attorney-General's Department via the Data Exchange in accordance with the Data Exchange Protocols, within 30 days of the completion of a reporting period, as outlined in Item E.

For this Activity, you are required to participate in the Partnership Approach.

The Data Exchange Protocols can be found at https://dex.dss.gov.au/data-exchange-protocols/ with program specific information at https://dex.dss.gov.au/document/1521

## E.2 Activity Work Plan

The Activity Work Plan will be negotiated between you and AGD from time to time as agreed by both parties during the life of the Agreement. Using the Activity Work Plan template, the Activity Work Plan will specify the Activity Details, deliverables, timeframes for delivery and measures of achievement. It must include a budget forecast as per the template and may require other administrative controls intended to help manage activity risks. Once the Activity Work Plan has been agreed by both parties it will form part of the Agreement.

## E.3 Annual Report

None Specified

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## E.4 Accounting for the Grant

### Financial Declaration

A Financial Declaration must be submitted for each financial year funded under this Grant Agreement. A Financial Declaration is a certification from the Grantee stating that funds were spent for the purpose provided as outlined in the Grant Agreement and in-which the Grantee is required to declare unspent funds. The Financial Declaration must be certified by your Board, the Chief Executive Officer or one of your officers, with authority to do so verifying that you have spent the funding on the Activity in accordance with the Grant Agreement.

E.4.1 If you have received SACS Supplementation for any of these Activities, you must provide us with a declaration for each Activity that,

(a) you used the SACS Supplementation specified in Item D of the Grant Schedule for the Activity only to meet the increase in wages for your employees carrying out the Activity that resulted from the SACS Decision; and
(b) specifies the amount, if any, of the SACS Supplementation provided for the Activity that remains unspent and uncommitted.

## E.5 Other Reports

### Activity Work Plan Report

For the purposes of this Agreement, Activity Work Plan Report means a document to be completed by you, on a template provided by AGD. The preferable way to submit the Report would be through the Grant Recipients Services Portal when it becomes available or directly to the assigned Funding Arrangement Manager/Policy officer.

The Activity Work Plan Report template asks for progress on requirements in the Activity Work Plan for the reporting period including any compliance requirements. This includes priority activities as outlined in Item B of this agreement. Included in the template, the service provider is required to complete a budget expenditure report against the forecasted spending items. Please note this is not a Financial Acquittal.

### Child Safe Statement of Compliance (Clause CB9)

The Child Safe Statement of Compliance is an annual Statement made by the Grantee's organisation. The Grantee's statement confirms that the Grantee has delivered the Activity consistent with the Child Safe Supplementary Term at clause CB9 of the Grantee's Agreement. The Grantee is required to provide a Child Safe Statement of Compliance Report for each year funded under this Agreement.

## F. Party representatives and address for notices

### Grantee's representative and address

|  Grantee's representative name | s 22(1)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Position | Executive Officer  |
|  Postal/physical address(es) | 383 Albert Street, EAST MELBOURNE, VIC, 3002  |
|  Business hours telephone | s 22(1)  |
|  Mobile |   |
|  Fax |   |
|  E-mail | s 22(1) @catholiccarevic.org.au  |

### Commonwealth representative and address

|  Name of representative | s 22(1)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Position | CGH Grant User  |
|  Postal/physical address(es) | GPO Box 9820 ADELAIDE SA 5001  |
|  Business hours telephone | s 22(1)  |
|  Mobile | Not specified  |

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|  Fax | Not specified  |
| --- | --- |
|  E-mail | s 22(1) @communitygrants.gov.au  |

The Parties' representatives will be responsible for liaison and the day-to-day management of the Grant, as well as accepting and issuing any written notices in relation to the Grant.

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# Family Relationships Services Program

2024-25 AWP Report assessment

Family Relationship Centres (FRC) checklist

Grant Activity details

|  Activity Id(s) | s 22 irrelevant to scope of request
4-BJR7VW4 - s 22(1) |   | Legal entity name |   | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Trading name if different to legal name |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Contact name | s 22(1)  |   |   |   |   |   |
|  AWP report CM reference |   | 25#404430DOC |   | Current AWP CM reference |   | 24#295891DOC  |

Comments

|  Follow up required | ☐ Yes | ☑ No | Date and CM ref for follow up email(s) |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Assessment finalised | ☑ Yes | Date | 30/10/2025 | FLSS officer | s 22(1)  |   |
|  DSS notified date and CM reference |   |   | 3/11/2025 - 25#530884DOC  |   |   |   |

Baseline checks

|   |  |   | Comments  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  DEX data submitted | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  AWP corresponds to AWP report (all items reported against) | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Child safe compliance statement received (note in comments if any issues) | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Has the organisation reported that:
• an appropriate complaint handling policy is in place
• appropriate safety and security policies are in place
and details of critical incidents are maintained
• a risk register is in place | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |

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- staff have necessary qualifications
- all staff have WWCC/WWVP if required
- service delivery is culturally appropriate
- community outreach and awareness raising was undertaken as appropriate

(Please detail in comments if No)

Did the organisation report on services offered which were not funded under the FRSP grant and/or report on expenditure that is out of scope? (please detail in comments if yes)
☐ Yes ☑ No

Did the organisation provide a case study in their AWPR? If yes, check the previous year's AWPR to ensure it is a case study relevant to 2024-25 reporting period.
☑ Yes ☐ No

# Mandatory activities

Is there evidence of the organisation delivering all of the mandatory activities for the sub-program?

|   | Evidence submitted |   | Comments  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Intake and risk screening, including assessment of suitability and readiness for service | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Provision of information and advice about relationships at all stages. | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Education sessions | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Make appropriate and relevant referrals | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Preparation of clients to undertake Family Dispute Resolution | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Conduct of FDR sessions as defined in the Family Law Act 1975, including mediation of parenting and property matters | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |

# Organisation nominated activities

To be completed only if the organisation nominated additional deliverables

|   | Evidence submitted |   | Comments  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Target client groups | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |
|  Outreach Service to clients | ☑ Yes | ☐ No |   |

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# Activity levels

|  Are the activity levels similar to forecasts in the AWP  |   |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Comparison to AWP estimates |   |   | Comments (is there information in the report that indicates why this might be different to forecasts)
AWP v AWPR  |
|  Intake | ☑ Above | ☐ Similar | ☐ Below | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Information/advice/education | ☑ Above | ☐ Similar | ☐ Below | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)
s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Preparation to undertake FDR | ☐ Above | ☑ Similar | ☐ Below | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Family Dispute Resolution | ☑ Above | ☐ Similar | ☑ Below | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |

# Additional notes

Note: The section below informs the program summary. If the Activity Work Plan report contains no relevant content, you may leave it blank or you may follow-up with the organisation as appropriate.

Changes observed in client cohort or issues impacting on service delivery

s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

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# s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

Practice approaches of note include training courses/education sessions delivered

# s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

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# s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

## Report issues

No issues. The report was well-written. The report contains helpful information about trends, demographic profile, challenges encountered and strategies implemented, and as well as outcomes achieved for the services delivered.

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Australian Government

# Attorney-General's Department

|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |
|  Program Schedule ID: | 4-BJIKOGZ  |

# Deed of Variation in relation to Family Law Services program

1. Date
This Deed is made on
4 April 2024

2. Parties
This Deed is made between:

1. The Commonwealth of Australia, as represented by the Attorney-General's Department, ABN 92 661 124 436 (the 'Commonwealth'); and
2. CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania, ABN 32 150 113 947 (the 'Grantee').

3. Context

A. The Parties have a current agreement under which the Commonwealth gave a Grant to the Grantee for the Family Law Services Program (the 'Agreement').
B. The Parties have agreed to amend the Agreement on the Terms and Conditions contained in this Deed.

4. Amendments
With effect from the date of execution of this Deed, the Agreement is amended:

1. Replace the text at Item A – Purpose of the Grant as per the attached Schedule.
2. Replace the Supplementary Terms as per attached Grant Agreement Supplementary Provisions document.

For the following Activities:

|  Activity ID | Activity Title  |
| --- | --- |
|  s 22(1)  |   |
|  4-BJR7VW4 | Family Relationship Centres  |
|  s 22(1)  |   |

3. Replace the text at Item B – Activity as per the attached Schedule.
4. Replace the dates at Item C – Duration of the Grant as per the attached Schedule.

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5. **Replace** the total amounts at Item D – Payment of the Grant as per the attached Schedule.
6. **Replace** the financial year table at Item D – Payment of the Grant as per the attached Schedule.
7. **Replace** the milestones table at Item D – Payment of the Grant as per the attached Schedule.
8. **Replace** the milestones table at Item E – Reporting as per the attached Schedule.
9. **Replace** the text at Item E.1 – Performance Reports as per the attached Schedule.
10. **Replace** the text at Item E.2 – Activity Work Plan as per the attached Schedule.
11. **Replace** the text at Item E.5 – Other Reports as per the attached Schedule.

Revised payment amounts, reporting milestones and other detailed amendments resulting from this Deed are described in the Program Schedule, including any attachments, enclosed.

## 5. Entire agreement and interpretation

5.1 The parties confirm all the other provisions of the Agreement and, subject only to the amendments contained in this Deed, the Agreement remains in full force and effect.
5.2 This Deed and the Agreement, when read together, contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the parties' rights and obligations under the Agreement.
5.3 Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, terms that are defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Deed.

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# Disclaimer and explanatory notes

## Disclaimer

By executing this agreement you agree that you have read and accept this disclaimer, including the explanatory notes on how to duly execute this agreement. You warrant that your identity has been verified, you have legal capacity and authority to enter into this agreement, and you are signing in accordance with all legal instruments that apply to you and/or the legal entity which you represent.

## Explanatory notes

- If you are an individual, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink in the presence of a witness (the witness date must be the same as the signatory date).
- If you are a partnership, the signatory must be all partners, or one partner with the authority to sign on behalf of all partners receiving the grant. You should be prepared to provide evidence of this authorisation upon request.
- If you are a proprietary company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the signatory must be the sole director and company secretary, as required under section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). If required by your Constitution, please affix your company seal in the presence of the sole director and company secretary acting as a witness (the witness date must be the same as the date the company seal is affixed). For execution by company seal, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink.
- If you are a company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the signatories must be two directors, or one director and one company secretary, as required under section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). If required by your Constitution, please affix your company seal in the presence of two directors, or one director and one company secretary acting as a witness, or if your company has only one director – that director and a suitable witness, (the witness date must be the same as the date the company seal is affixed). For execution by company seal, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink.
- If you are a company incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) (CATSI Act), the signatories must be two directors, one director and one company secretary, or if your company has only one director – that director, as required under section 99-5 of the CATSI Act. If required by your Constitution, please affix your company seal in the presence of two directors, or one director and one company secretary, or if your company has only one director – that director. For execution by company seal, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink.
- If you are an individual trustee of a trust, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink in the presence of a witness (the witness date must be the same as the signatory date). You must sign in your capacity as a trustee and not the trust. The trustee is the legal entity entering into the agreement. The words 'as trustee for [name of trust]' should be included in the signature block.
- If you are a corporate trustee of a trust, the signatory must be the sole director and company secretary in the proprietary company, or two directors in the company, or one director and one company secretary in the company, as required under section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). If required by your Constitution, please affix your company seal in the presence of the sole director and company secretary in the proprietary company, or two directors in the company, or one director and one company secretary in the company, acting as witness (the witness date must be the same as the date the company seal is affixed). For execution by company seal, you must download, print and sign the agreement in wet-ink. The company must sign in its capacity as a trustee and not the trust. The trustee is the legal entity entering into the agreement. The words 'as trustee for [name of trust]' should be included in the signature block.
- If you are an incorporated association, you must refer to the legislation incorporating the association as it will specify how documents must be executed. This process may differ between each State and Territory. If an authorised person is executing a document on behalf of the incorporated association, you should be prepared to provide evidence of this authorisation upon request.
- If you are a university, the signatory can be an officer authorised by the legislation creating the university to enter into legally binding documents. A witness to the signature is required (the witness date must be the same as the signatory date).

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|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |
|  Program Schedule ID: | 4-BJIKOGZ  |

## Signatures

## Executed as a Deed

Signed for and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia by the relevant Delegate, represented by and acting through the Attorney-General's Department, ABN 92 661 124 436 in the presence of:

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Signed for and on behalf of CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania, ABN 32 150 113 947 in accordance with its rules, and who warrants they are authorised to sign this Agreement:

Agnes Sheehan - Director

(Name and position held by Signatory)

s 22(1) - Company Secretary

(Name and position held by second Signatory/Name of Witness)

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Australian Government

Department of Social Services

# Commonwealth Simple Grant Agreement between the Commonwealth represented by Department of Social Services and CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania

Commonwealth Simple Grant Agreement – Version 4 – December 2018

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# Grant Agreement 4-BJIKOG5

Once completed, this document, together with each set of Grant Details and the Commonwealth General Grant Conditions (Schedule 1), forms an Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Grantee.

## Parties to this Agreement

### The Grantee

|  Full legal name of Grantee | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |
| --- | --- |
|  Legal entity type (e.g. individual, incorporated association, company, partnership etc) | Company  |
|  Trading or business name | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |
|  Any relevant licence, registration or provider number |   |
|  Australian Company Number (ACN) or other entity identifiers |   |
|  Australian Business Number (ABN) | 32 150 113 947  |
|  Registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) | Y  |
|  Date from which GST registration was effective |   |
|  Registered office (physical/postal) | 383 Albert Street, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002  |
|  Relevant business place (if different) |   |
|  Telephone | 03 9287 5555  |
|  Fax | 03 9287 5599  |
|  Email | catholiccare@ccam.org.au  |

### The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth of Australia represented by Department of Social Services
71 Athllon Drive, GREENWAY ACT 2900
ABN 36 342 015 855

## Background

The Commonwealth has agreed to enter into this Agreement under which the Commonwealth will provide the Grantee with one or more Grants for the purpose of assisting the Grantee to undertake the associated Activity.

The Grantee agrees to use each Grant and undertake each Activity in accordance with this Agreement and the relevant Grant Details.

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# Scope of this Agreement

This Agreement comprises:

(a) this document;
(b) the Supplementary Terms (if any);
(c) the General Grant Conditions (Schedule 1);
(d) the Grant Details;
(e) any other document referenced or incorporated in the Grant Details.

Each set of Grant Details, including Supplementary Terms (if any), only applies to the particular Grant and Activity covered by that set of Grant Details and a reference to the 'Agreement' in the Grant Details or the Supplementary Terms is a reference to the Agreement in relation to that particular Grant and Activity. If there is any ambiguity or inconsistency between the documents comprising this Agreement in relation to a Grant, the document appearing higher in the list will have precedence to the extent of the ambiguity or inconsistency.

This Agreement represents the Parties' entire Agreement in relation to each Grant provided under it and the relevant Activity and supersedes all prior representations, communications, Agreements, statements and understandings, whether oral or in writing.

Certain information contained in or provided under this Agreement may be used for public reporting purposes.

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# Grant Details

|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |
|  Schedule ID: | 4-BJIKOGZ  |

# A. Purpose of the Grant

The purpose of the Grant is to:

Provide alternatives to formal legal processes for families who are separated, separating or in dispute to improve their relationships and make arrangements in the best interests of their children. Family Law Services have a particular role to help families with complex needs, including those with family violence issues.

This Grant is being provided under, and these Grant Details form part of, the Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Grantee.

The Grant is being provided as part of the Attorney Generals Department - Family Relationships Services Programme delivered by the Department of Social Services - Families and Children program.

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# Family Relationship Centres - 4-BJR7VW4

## B. Activity

Family Relationship Centres are a gateway to the broader family law and family support service system. The objectives of Family Relationship Centres are to:

- give intact families help with their family relationships and parenting through appropriate information and referral
- give separating families help to achieve workable parenting arrangements (outside the court system) through information and referral, support and family dispute resolution services, and
- deliver high quality, safe and ethical services.

You are responsible for ensuring that personnel working on the Activity are appropriately qualified and skilled to perform the tasks required of the position and have the relevant mandatory qualifications as required within the relevant professional field. You must ensure that:

- staff working on the Activity maintain the currency of their Working with Vulnerable People registration, and
- staff delivering family dispute resolution services are accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners.

Further information about these requirements is detailed in the Operational Framework for Family Relationship Centres.

## Important requirements

You must comply with:

- Department of Social Services Departmental Policies*;
- the relevant Guidelines*;
- the Data Exchange Protocols*;
- Operational Framework for Family Relationship Centres which includes the:
- Referral Guidelines for Family Relationship Centres
- Service Charter and Complaints
- Guidelines for Referrals to Legal Advice by staff in Family Relationship Centres
- Trade Mark Protocols and Branding Guidelines for Family Relationship Centres; and
- any other service compliance requirements applicable for the Activities you are funded to deliver.

*Any or all of these may be amended by us from time to time. If we amend these we will notify you in writing at least one month prior to the changes coming into effect. The latest version can be found on the Department of Social Services website https://www.dss.gov.au/.

You must ensure that cultural and linguistic diversity is not a barrier for people targeted by this Activity, by providing access to language services where appropriate.

## Child Safety

In this Agreement:

**Child** means an individual(s) under the age of 18 years and Children has a similar meaning;

**Child-Related Personnel** means officers, employees, contractors (including subcontractors), agents and volunteers of the Grantee involved with the Activity who as part of that involvement may interact with Children;

**Legislation** means a provision of a statute or subordinate legislation of the Commonwealth, or of a State, Territory or local authority;

**National Principles for Child Safe Organisations** means the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, which have been endorsed in draft form by the Commonwealth Government (available at: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/national-principles-child-safe-organisations) and subsequently, from the time of their endorsement by the Council of Australian Governments, the final National Principles for Child Safe Organisations as published by the Australian Government;

**Relevant Legislation** means Legislation in force in any jurisdiction where any part of the Activity may be carried out;

**Working With Children Check or WWCC** means the process in place pursuant to Relevant Legislation to screen an individual for fitness to work with Children.

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## Relevant checks and authority

You must:

(a) comply with all Relevant Legislation relating to the employment or engagement of Child-Related Personnel in relation to the Activity, including all necessary Working With Children Checks however described; and
(b) ensure that Working With Children Checks obtained in accordance with this Item remain current and that all Child-Related Personnel continue to comply with all Relevant Legislation for the duration of their involvement in the Activity.

## National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and other action for the safety of Children

In relation to the Activity, you agree to:

(a) implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations;
(b) ensure that all Child-Related Personnel implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations;
(c) complete and update, at least annually, a risk assessment to identify the level of responsibility for Children and the level of risk of harm or abuse to Children;
(d) put into place and update, at least annually, an appropriate risk management strategy to manage risks identified through the risk assessment required by this item
(e) provide training and establish a compliance regime to ensure that all Child-Related Personnel are aware of, and comply with:

1. the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations;
2. the Grantee's risk management strategy required by this item
3. Relevant Legislation relating to requirements for working with Children, including Working With Children Checks;
4. Relevant Legislation relating to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect, however described; and

(f) provide the Commonwealth with an annual statement of compliance with this item, in such form as may be specified by the Commonwealth.

With reasonable notice to the Grantee, the Commonwealth may conduct a review of the Grantee's compliance with this item.

You agree to:

(a) notify the Commonwealth of any failure to comply with this item
(b) co-operate with the Commonwealth in any review conducted by the Commonwealth of the Grantee's implementation of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations or compliance with this item; and
(c) promptly, and at the Grantee's cost, take such action as is necessary to rectify, to the Commonwealth's satisfaction, any failure to implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations or any other failure to comply with this item.

## Data Exchange Reporting

You are required to provide client level data and service delivery information from all recipients of this Activity in accordance with the Data Exchange Protocols (https://dex.dss.gov.au/data-exchange-protocols/). You must provide the data required within the Data Exchange through an approved mechanism as outlined in the Data Exchange Protocols.

You are required to finalise the submission of data within the Data Exchange for each reporting period within 30 days of the reporting period ceasing, as set out in the reporting schedule below.

For this Activity, participation in the "partnership approach" is a requirement of funding. By participating, you agree to provide some additional information in exchange for the receipt of regular and relevant reports. The main focus of the partnership approach is collecting information about the outcomes achieved by clients as a result of service delivery. The partnership approach also includes some extended data items that provide additional information about client demographics, needs and circumstances.

## Activity Work Plan

The detailed deliverables and activities you will undertake to fulfil this Activity must be provided as part of your Activity Work Plan, to be developed in consultation with, and provided to the Department as specified in Item E. Once mutually agreed the Activity Work Plan will form part of the Agreement. You are required to report against any performance measures set out in the Activity Work Plan within 30 days of the reporting period ceasing.

## Outlet Locations

Any changes to the outlet locations listed below must be advised to us in writing within thirty (30) Business Days of any change commencing and will be subject to our written approval.

## Service Areas

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You must provide services across the service area as outlined in the table below.

Where you are funded to deliver the Activity for more than one service area, and you have met the requirements within one of these service areas, you may shift all or part of any remaining funds to another service area you support under this Activity. You must seek our written approval and advise us of resource attributions annually.

## Use of Location, Service Information and Attributed Funding Information

The information listed below on location, service area and any attributed DSS funding amounts will be used by us to provide reports, by region, on DSS's funding.

The information may be published on a Commonwealth website.

## Performance Indicators

The Activity will be measured against the following Performance Indicator/s:

|  Performance Indicator Description | Measure  |
| --- | --- |
|  Number of clients assisted | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Number of events / service instances delivered | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of participants from priority target groups | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of clients achieving individual goals related to independence, participation and well-being | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Percentage of clients achieving improved independence, participation and well-being | Measured using benchmarking, comparing your achievement against similar service providers delivering comparable services, using characteristics defined in the Data Exchange Protocols.  |
|  Activities are completed according to scope, quality, timeframes and budget defined in the Activity Work Plan | The Department and you agree that the Activity Work Plan has been completed as specified or, in case of divergence, to a satisfactory standard.  |

## Location Information

The Activity will be delivered from the following site location/s:

|   | Location Type | Name | Address  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Direct Funded | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania | 383 Albert Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002  |

## Service Area Information

The Activity will service the following service area/s:

|   | Type | Service Area  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Statistical Area Level 4 (2016) | Geelong  |

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|  Type | Service Area  |
| --- | --- |
|  2 | s 22(1)  |

### C. Duration of the Grant

The Activity starts on 1 July 2019.

The Activity (other than the provision of any final reports) ends on 30 June 2024, which is the Activity's Completion Date.

The Agreement ends on 30 November 2024 or when the Grantee has provided all of the reports and repaid any Grant amount as required under this Agreement.

### D. Payment of the Grant

The total amount of the Grant is $6,471,247.63* (GST exclusive).

s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

*This amount may include Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 Supplementation (SACS).

The Grantee must ensure that the Grant is held in an account in the Grantee's name and which the Grantee controls, with an authorised deposit-taking institution authorised under the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) to carry on banking business in Australia.

The Grantee's nominated bank account into which the grant is to be paid is:

|  BSB Number | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Financial Institution  |   |
|  Account Number  |   |
|  Account Name  |   |

The Grant will be paid in instalments by the Commonwealth in accordance with the agreed Milestones, and compliance by the Grantee with its obligations under this Agreement.

|  Milestone | Anticipated date | Amount (excl. GST) | GST | Total (incl. GST)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2019-20 funds | 9 July 2019 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b) |  |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 9 July 2019 |   |  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2019-20 funds | 2 December 2019 |   |  |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 2 December 2019 |   |  |   |

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|  Half-yearly payment of 2020-21 funds | 14 July 2020 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  SACS Supplementation | 14 July 2020  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2020-21 funds | 1 December 2020  |   |
|  SACS Supplementation | 1 December 2020  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2021-22 funds | 13 July 2021  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2021-22 funds | 1 December 2021  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 12 July 2022  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 1 December 2022  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 11 July 2023  |   |
|  Half-yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 1 December 2023  |   |
|  |   |   |
|  Total Amount |   | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |

Invoicing

None Specified

Taxes, duties and government charges

GST Provisions – you are a Government Related Entity

D.1 In this clause:

(a) the term ‘GST Act’ means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth);
(b) the terms ‘supply’, ‘supplier’, ‘taxable supply’, ‘tax invoice’, ‘GST’, ‘input tax credit’ and ‘decreasing adjustment’ have the same meaning as given in the GST Act; and
(c) ‘receiver of the supply’ has the same meaning as the term ‘recipient’ has in the GST Act.

D.2 The parties have entered into this Agreement on the understanding that:

(a) the parties are both ‘government related entities’ as defined in the GST Act;

and either:

(b) the payment of the Grant:

(i) is covered by an appropriation under an Australian law; and
(ii) is calculated on the basis that the sum of the Grant and anything else that you receive from us in connection with, or in response to, or for the inducement of that supply under this Agreement, or a related supply does not exceed your anticipated or actual costs of making those supplies; or

(c) the payment of the Grant is a kind of payment specified in regulations made for the purposes of s.9-17 of the GST Act.

D.3 On the basis of the matter described in clause D.2, the parties rely on s.9-17 of the GST Act for no GST being imposed in connection with a supply made under this Agreement.
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connection with the performance of this Agreement, except as provided by this clause.

D.5 If, despite clauses D.2 and D.3, one party ('supplier') makes a taxable supply to the other party ('receiver of the supply') under this Agreement the receiver of the supply will pay without set-off, on provision of a tax invoice, an additional amount to the supplier equal to the GST imposed on the supply in question.

D.6 No party may claim or retain from the other party any amount in relation to a supply made under this Agreement for which the first party can obtain an input tax credit or decreasing adjustment.

D.7 The parties acknowledge and agree that each Party:

(a) has quoted its Australian Business Number to the other; and
(b) must tell the other of any changes to the matters covered by this clause.

D.8 This clause survives the expiry or termination of this Agreement or any aspect of it.

OR

GST Provisions – you are registered or required to be registered for GST

D.1. In this clause:

(a) the term 'GST Act' means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth);
(b) the terms 'supply', 'supplier', 'taxable supply', 'tax invoice', 'GST', 'input tax credit', 'decreasing adjustment' and 'adjustment note' have the same meaning as given in the GST Act; and
(c) the term 'RCTI' means a 'recipient created tax invoice' as defined in the GST Act. For the purpose of this Agreement, an RCTI is a tax invoice belonging to a class of tax invoices that the Australian Commissioner of Taxation has determined in writing may be issued by the receiver of the supply; and
(d) 'receiver of the supply' has the same meaning as the term 'recipient' has in the GST Act.

D.2 You must pay all taxes, duties and government charges imposed or levied in Australia or overseas in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except as provided by this clause.

D.3 If one party ('supplier') makes a taxable supply to the other party ('receiver of the supply') under this Agreement the receiver of the supply will pay without set-off, on provision of a tax invoice or RCTI, an additional amount to the supplier equal to the GST imposed on the supply in question.

D.4 If an amount on account of GST has been included in the consideration for a supply under this Agreement, the amount of GST is as specified in this Item D.

D.5 If an amount on account of GST has been included in the consideration for a supply under this Agreement and the supply is not a taxable supply for any reason, the supplier must, on demand, refund the amount paid on account of GST to the receiver of the supply.

D.6 No party may claim or retain from the other party any amount in relation to a supply made under this Agreement for which the first party can obtain an input tax credit or decreasing adjustment.

D.7 The parties acknowledge and agree that each party:

(a) is registered for GST purposes;
(b) has quoted its Australian Business Number to the other; and
(c) must tell the other of any changes to the matters covered by this clause.

D.8 We (as the receiver of the supply) will issue RCTI(s) and any adjustment notes for any taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement within 28 days of us determining the value of the taxable supplies in question.

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D.9 You must not issue tax invoices or adjustment notes for taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement.

D.10 Both parties must comply with the determination scheduled to GST Ruling 2000/10.

D.11 We will not issue RCTI(s) or adjustment notes for taxable supplies you make to us under this Agreement at any time that either Party fails to comply with any of the requirements in clauses D.7 to D.11.

## E. Reporting

The Grantee agrees to create the following reports in the form specified and to provide the reports to the Commonwealth representative in accordance with the following.

|  Milestone | Information to be included | Due Date  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Activity Work Plan | Output-level detail for the funded Activity negotiated with DSS and captured in an Activity Work Plan as per Item E.2 | 12 August 2019  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2020  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2020  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2020  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2020  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2021  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2021  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2021  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2021  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2022  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2022  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2022  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2022  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2023  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2023  |

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|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2023  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2023  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 1 data (1 July to 31 December), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 January 2024  |
|  Performance Report | Finalisation of Data Exchange period 2 data (1 January to 30 June), as set out in the Data Exchange Protocols, as per Item E.1 | 30 July 2024  |
|  Activity Work Plan Report | A report with progress against Activity Work Plan, compliance or other reporting as set out in Item E.5 | 15 August 2024  |
|  Financial Acquittal Report | Financial Acquittal from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 as per Item E.4 | 31 October 2024  |

## E.1 Performance Reports

### Data Exchange Reports

You must provide client and service delivery information to the Community Grants Hub via the Data Exchange in accordance with the Data Exchange Protocols, within 30 days of the completion of a reporting period, as outlined in Item E.

For this Activity, you are required to participate in the Partnership Approach.

The Data Exchange Protocols can be found at https://dex.dss.gov.au/data-exchange-protocols/.

## E.2 Activity Work Plan

The Activity Work Plan will be negotiated between you and us from time to time as agreed by both parties during the life of the Agreement. Using our Activity Work Plan template it will specify the Activity Details, deliverables, timeframes for delivery and measures of achievement. It may include a budget or other administrative controls intended to help manage activity risks. Once the Activity Work Plan has been agreed by both parties it will form part of the Agreement.

## E.3 Annual Report

None Specified

## E.4 Accounting for the Grant

A Financial Declaration must be submitted for each financial year funded under this Grant Agreement. A Financial Declaration is a certification from the Grantee stating that funds were spent for the purpose provided as outlined in the Grant Agreement and in-which the Grantee is required to declare unspent funds. The Financial Declaration must be certified by your Board, the Chief Executive Officer or one of your officers, with authority to do so verifying that you have spent the funding on the Activity in accordance with the Grant Agreement.

E.4.1 If you have received SACS Supplementation for any of these Activities, you must provide us with a declaration for each Activity that,

(a) you used the SACS Supplementation specified in Item D of the Grant Schedule for the Activity only to meet the increase in wages for your employees carrying out the Activity that resulted from the SACS Decision; and
(b) specifies the amount, if any, of the SACS Supplementation provided for the Activity that remains unspent and uncommitted.

## E.5 Other Reports

### Activity Work Plan Report

For the purposes of this Agreement, Activity Work Plan Report means a document to be completed by you, on a template or system provided by us. The preferable way to submit the Report would be through the Grant Recipients Services Portal when it becomes available.

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The Activity Work Plan Report template asks for progress on requirements in the Activity Work Plan for the reporting period including any compliance requirements.

## F. Party representatives and address for notices

Grantee's representative and address

|  Grantee's representative name | s 22(1)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Position | General Manager  |
|  Postal/physical address(es) | PO Box 196, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 8002  |
|  Business hours telephone | s 22(1)  |
|  Mobile |   |
|  Fax |   |
|  E-mail | s 22(1) @ccam.org.au  |

Commonwealth representative and address

|  Name of representative | s 22(1)  |
| --- | --- |
|  Position | CGH – Delivery Contract Manager  |
|  Postal/physical address(es) | PO Box 9820, MELBOURNE VIC 3001  |
|  Business hours telephone | s 22(1)  |
|  Mobile | Not specified  |
|  Fax | Not specified  |
|  E-mail | s 22(1) @dss.gov.au  |

The Parties' representatives will be responsible for liaison and the day-to-day management of the Grant, as well as accepting and issuing any written notices in relation to the Grant.

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|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |

## Signatures

### Executed as an agreement

Signed for and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia by the relevant Delegate, represented by and acting through Department of Social Services, ABN 36 342 015 855 in the presence of:

**s 22(1)**
(Name of Departmental Representative)
*Team Leader - Transitions CoE*
(Position of Departmental Representative)

**s 22(1)**
(Name of Witness in full)

**s 22(1)**
(Signature of Departmental Representative)
*27.6.2019*

**s 22(1)**
(Signature of Witness)
*27.6.19*

Signed for and on behalf of CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania, ABN 32 150 113 947 in accordance with its rules, and who warrants that he/she is authorised to sign this Agreement:

**s 22(1)** *Direct*
(Name and position held by Signatory)

**s 22(1)** *Secretary*
(Name and position held by second Signatory/Name of Witness)

**s 22(1)** *Secretary*
(Signature of second Signatory/Witness)

*27.6.19*

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# Notes about the signature block

- If you are an **incorporated association**, you must refer to the legislation incorporating the association as it will specify how documents must be executed. This process may differ between each State and Territory. If an authorised person is executing a document on behalf of the incorporated association, you should be prepared to provide evidence of this authorisation upon request.

- If you are a **company**, generally two signatories are required – the signatories can be two Directors or a Director and the Company Secretary. Affix your **Company Seal**, if required by your Constitution.

- If you are a **company with a sole Director/Secretary**, the Director/Secretary is required to be the signatory in the presence of a witness. Affix your **Company Seal**, if required by your Constitution.

- If you are a **partnership**, the signatory must be a partner with the authority to sign on behalf of all partners receiving the grant. A witness to the signature is required.

- If you are an **individual**, you must sign in the presence of a witness.

- If you are a **university**, the signatory can be an officer authorised by the legislation creating the university to enter into legally binding documents. A witness to the signature is required.

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# Commonwealth General Grant Conditions

## Schedule 1

### 1. Undertaking the Activity

The Grantee agrees to undertake the Activity in accordance with this Agreement.

### 2. Acknowledgements

The Grantee agrees to acknowledge the Commonwealth's support in Material published in connection with this Agreement and agrees to use any form of acknowledgment the Commonwealth reasonably specifies.

### 3. Notices

3.1 The Parties agree to notify the other Party of anything reasonably likely to affect the performance of the Activity or otherwise required under this Agreement.

3.2 A notice under this Agreement must be in writing, signed by the Party giving notice and addressed to the other Party's representative.

### 4. Relationship between the Parties

A Party is not by virtue of this Agreement the employee, agent or partner of the other Party and is not authorised to bind or represent the other Party.

### 5. Subcontracting

5.1 The Grantee remains responsible for compliance with this Agreement, including in relation to any tasks undertaken by subcontractors.

5.2 The Grantee agrees to make available to the Commonwealth the details of any of its subcontractors engaged to perform any tasks in relation to this Agreement upon request.

### 6. Conflict of interest

The Grantee agrees to notify the Commonwealth promptly of any actual, perceived or potential conflicts of interest which could affect its performance of this Agreement and agrees to take action to resolve the conflict.

### 7. Variation

This Agreement may be varied in writing only, signed by both Parties.

### 8. Payment of the Grant

8.1 The Commonwealth agrees to pay the Grant to the Grantee in accordance with the Grant Details.

8.2 The Commonwealth may by notice withhold payment of any amount of the Grant where it reasonably believes the Grantee has not complied with this Agreement or is unable to undertake the Activity.

8.3 A notice under clause 8.2 will contain the reasons for any payment being withheld and the steps the Grantee can take to address those reasons.

8.4 The Commonwealth will pay the withheld amount once the Grantee has satisfactorily addressed the reasons contained in a notice under clause 8.2.

### 9. Spending the Grant

9.1 The Grantee agrees to spend the Grant for the purpose of undertaking the Activity only.

9.2 The Grantee agrees to provide a statement signed by the Grantee verifying the Grant was spent in accordance with the Grant Details.

### 10. Repayment

10.1 If any of the Grant has been spent other than in accordance with this Agreement or any amount of the Grant is additional to the requirements of the Activity, the Grantee agrees to repay that amount to the Commonwealth unless agreed otherwise.

10.2 The amount to be repaid under clause 10.1 may be deducted by the Commonwealth from subsequent payments of the Grant.

### 11. Record keeping

The Grantee agrees to maintain records of the expenditure of the Grant.

### 12. Intellectual Property

12.1 The Grantee owns the Intellectual Property Rights in Material created undertaking the Activity.

12.2 The Grantee gives the Commonwealth a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, publish and adapt Reporting Material for Commonwealth Purposes.

12.3 The licence in clause 12.2 does not apply to Activity Material.

12.4 This Agreement does not affect the ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in Existing Material.

### 13. Privacy

When dealing with Personal Information in carrying out the Activity, the Grantee agrees not to do anything which, if done by the Commonwealth, would be a breach of an Australian Privacy Principle.

### 14. Confidentiality

The Parties agree not to disclose each other's confidential information without prior written consent unless required or authorised by law or Parliament.

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## 15. Insurance

The Grantee agrees to maintain adequate insurance for the duration of this Agreement and provide the Commonwealth with proof when requested.

## 16. Indemnities

16.1 The Grantee indemnifies the Commonwealth, its officers, employees and contractors against any claim, loss or damage arising in connection with the Activity.

16.2 The Grantee's obligation to indemnify the Commonwealth will reduce proportionally to the extent any act or omission involving fault on the part of the Commonwealth contributed to the claim, loss or damage.

## 17. Dispute resolution

17.1 The Parties agree not to initiate legal proceedings in relation to a dispute unless they have tried and failed to resolve the dispute by negotiation.

17.2 The Parties agree to continue to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement where a dispute exists.

17.3 The procedure for dispute resolution does not apply to action relating to termination or urgent litigation.

## 18. Termination for default

The Commonwealth may terminate this Agreement by notice where it reasonably believes the Grantee:

(a) has breached this Agreement; or
(b) has provided false or misleading statements in their application for the Grant; or
(c) has become bankrupt or insolvent, entered into a scheme of arrangement with creditors, or come under any form of external administration.

## 19. Cancellation for convenience

19.1 The Commonwealth may cancel this Agreement by notice, due to:
(a) a change in government policy; or
(b) a Change in the Control of the Grantee, which the Commonwealth believes will negatively affect the Grantee's ability to comply with this Agreement.

19.2 The Grantee agrees on receipt of a notice of cancellation under clause 19.1 to:
(a) stop the performance of the Grantee's obligations as specified in the notice; and
(b) take all available steps to minimise loss resulting from that cancellation.

19.3 In the event of cancellation under clause 19.1, the Commonwealth will be liable only to:
(a) pay any part of the Grant due and owing to the Grantee under this Agreement at the date of the notice; and
(b) reimburse any reasonable expenses the Grantee unavoidably incurs that relate directly to the cancellation and are not covered by 19.3(a).

19.4 The Commonwealth's liability to pay any amount under this clause is subject to:
(a) the Grantee's compliance with this Agreement; and
(b) the total amount of the Grant.

19.5 The Grantee will not be entitled to compensation for loss of prospective profits or benefits that would have been conferred on the Grantee.

## 20. Survival

Clauses 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20 and 21 survive termination, cancellation or expiry of this Agreement.

## 21. Definitions

In this Agreement, unless the contrary appears:

- **Activity** means the activities described in the Grant Details.
- **Activity Material** means any Material, other than Reporting Material, created or developed by the Grantee as a result of the Activity.
- **Agreement** means the Grant Details, Supplementary Terms (if any), the Commonwealth General Grant Conditions and any other document referenced or incorporated in the Grant Details.
- **Australian Privacy Principle** has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
- **Change in the Control** means any change in any person(s) who directly exercise effective control over the Grantee.
- **Commonwealth** means the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Commonwealth entity specified in the Agreement and includes, where relevant, its officers, employees, contractors and agents.
- **Commonwealth General Grant Conditions** means this document.
- **Commonwealth Purposes** does not include commercialisation or the provision of the Material to a third party for its commercial use.
- **Completion Date** means the date or event specified in the Grant Details.
- **Existing Material** means Material developed independently of this Agreement that is incorporated in or supplied as part of Reporting Material.
- **Grant** means the money, or any part of it, payable by the Commonwealth to the Grantee as specified in the Grant Details.
- **Grantee** means the legal entity specified in the Agreement and includes, where relevant, its officers, employees, contractors and agents.

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- Grant Details means the document titled Grant Details that forms part of this Agreement.
- Intellectual Property Rights means all copyright, patents, registered and unregistered trademarks (including service marks), registered designs, and other rights resulting from intellectual activity (other than moral rights under the Copyright Act 1968).
- Material includes documents, equipment, software (including source code and object code versions), goods, information and data stored by any means including all copies and extracts of them.
- Party means the Grantee or the Commonwealth.
- Personal Information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
- Reporting Material means all Material which the Grantee is required to provide to the Commonwealth for reporting purposes as specified in the Grant Details.

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Australian Government

# Attorney-Generals Department

|  Organisation ID: | 1-METLHF  |
| --- | --- |
|  Agreement ID: | 4-BJIKOG5  |
|  Program Schedule ID: | 4-BJIKOGZ  |

# Notice of Change

Ms Agnes Sheehan
CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania
PO Box 196
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 8002
catholiccare@ccam.org.au

Dear Ms Sheehan

# Notice of Change in relation to the Family Relationships Services Program - Family Law Services Program

We have a grant agreement in place with you to carry out a grant activity under the Family Relationships Services Program - Family Law Services between CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania and the Commonwealth of Australia, represented by the Attorney-Generals Department.

The 2022-23 October Budget measure Support for Community Sector Organisations provides additional funding to assist Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) from 2022/23 to 2025/26 who may be facing additional cost pressures due to staff wages and higher inflation outcomes.

As a result, an annual Supplementation payment amount has been combined with the annual Indexation payment amount and applied to the below payment milestones for all remaining financial years of your grant agreement. An additional milestone payment has been added for the 2022-23 financial year.

This Notice of Change is to advise you of the following:

S 22(1)

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# s 22(1)

Activity ID: 4-BJR7VW4

Activity Title: Family Relationship Centres

The addition of a 2022-23 Indexation/Supplementation payment milestone, and **replace** all payment milestones for the remaining financial years of the grant agreement, with the following:

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|  Milestone | Anticipated Date | Amount (excl. GST) | GST (if applicable) | Total (incl. GST if applicable)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Half yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 12 July 2022 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b) |  |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2022-23 funds | 1 December 2022 |  |  |   |
|  2022-23 Indexation and Supplementation Payment | 12 April 2023 |  |  |   |
|  Total Amount |  |  |  | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |
|  Milestone | Anticipated Date | Amount (excl. GST) | GST (if applicable) | Total (incl. GST if applicable)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Half yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 11 July 2023 | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b) |  |   |
|  Half yearly payment of 2023-24 funds | 1 December 2023 |  |  |   |
|  Total Amount |  |  |  | s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)  |

We wish to advise you that this is a legally binding change that does not vary your existing obligations under the Grant Agreement, and does not require a formally executed variation to be carried out.

s 22(1)

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# s 22(1)

We wish to advise you that this is a legally binding change that does not vary your existing obligations under the Grant Agreement, and does not require a formally executed variation to be carried out.

The parties agree that:

(a) the only change/s affected by this Notice of Change are those specified within.

If you have any questions regarding this Notice of Change, please contact s 22(1) @communitygrants.gov.au.

Yours sincerely

s 22(1)

s 22(1)

A/g Director

Community Grants Hub

3 April 2023

AGD - Commonwealth Notice of Change Indexation/Supplementation 2022-23

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# Australian Government

# Attorney-General's Department

# Family Relationships Services Program

# 2022-23 AWP Report assessment

# Family Relationship Centres (FRC) checklist

Grant Activity details

|  Activity Id(s) | 4-BJR7VW4 | Legal entity name | CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Trading name if different to legal name |   |   |   |
|  Contact name | s 22(1) | Phone number | s 22(1)  |
|  Email address | s 22(1) @catholiccarevic.org.au  |   |   |
|  AWP report CM reference | 24#437246DOC | Current AWP CM reference | 19#485569DOC  |

# Comments

General comments

Changes observed in client cohort or issues impacting on service delivery?

s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

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Practice approaches of note?

# s 47G(1)(a), s 47G(1)(b)

|  Report issues including follow up required Overall budget was provided but there was no breakdown of itemised expenditure. Suggest going back to org to request for this.  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Follow up required | ☐ Yes | ☑ No | Date and CM ref for follow up email(s) |   |   |   |
|  Assessment finalised | ☑ Yes | Date | 26/09/2024, CM ref no. 24#546339DOC | FLSS officer | s 22(1)  |   |

Baseline checks

|   |  |   | Comments  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  DEX data submitted | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.41-42  |
|  AWP corresponds to AWP report (all items reported against) | ☐ Yes | ☑ No | Minor differences in the deliverable of the report on page 21-22. Follow up is not required.  |
|  Risk assessments performed | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.23-30, p.8 screening  |
|  Child safe compliance statement received | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | See 24#447532DOC  |

Priority activities

|  Is there evidence of the organisation delivering all of the priority activities for the sub-program?  |   |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Evidence submitted |   | Comments and page reference  |
|  Intake, screening and assessment | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.4 Intake conducted by phone but also accept walk in p.7-9  |

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Is there evidence of the organisation delivering all of the priority activities for the sub-program?

|   | Evidence submitted |   | Comments and page reference  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Information/advice sessions | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.6-7, 9-10  |
|  Education sessions | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.6-7, 9-10  |
|  Referral | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.15
p.35-40  |
|  Family dispute resolution (as defined in the Family Law Act) | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.4 modes of delivery
p.10-15  |
|  Property mediation | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.23-26  |

## Delivery approaches

Did the report demonstrate the following approaches?

|   | Evidence submitted |   | Comments and page reference  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Child-focused | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.5 Child safety training
p.7 child focused information provided
p.17-18 CIP  |
|  Early intervention and prevention focused | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.17-20 CIP and targeted client groups  |
|  Integrated and collaborative | ☑ Yes | ☐ No | p.16 shared staff from other FRCs to reduce wait times
p.17 partnership with VLA for legally assisted FDR
p.22 FRCs manager group meeting to increase collaboration
p.35-40 stakeholder collaboration  |

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## Budget (optional)

|   |  | Yes | No | N/A  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Did the organisation complete a budget? | ☑ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  2 | Did expenditure amounts vary from the approved budget (in the AWP)? | ☐ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  3 | If expenditure amounts varied from the approved budget, was the funding used to achieve the objectives and activities of the program and in line with eligible expenditure? (please detail in comments if yes) | ☐ | ☐ | ☐  |

## Additional notes (optional)

|   |  | Yes | No | N/A  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | Did the organisation report on changes observed in the client cohort? (please detail in comments if yes) | ☑ | ☐ | ☐  |
|  2 | Did the organisation report on issues impacting service delivery? (please detail in comments if yes) | ☐ | ☑ | ☐  |
|  3 | Did the organisation report on services offered which were not funded under the FRSP grant? (please detail in comments if yes) | ☐ | ☑ | ☐  |

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Australian Government
Attorney-General's Department

# Child Safety Statement of Compliance

For the 2024-25 financial year, in relation to the activities listed at Appendix A, I make the following statement for the benefit of the Attorney-General’s Department (the department):

1. Having made diligent inquiries, I have reasonable grounds to believe that all Child-Related Personnel¹ engaged by this organisation:

- comply with all relevant legislation relating to requirements for working with children in the jurisdictions in which the activities are delivered, and
- comply with all relevant legislation in jurisdictions including any child-related schemes and mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect as required or otherwise defined by state or territory legislation.

2. I undertake to ensure that all child-related personnel will continue to comply for the duration of any funding arrangements the organisation holds with the department.

3. My organisation is committed to child safety.

4. My organisation has:

- a child safety policy in place that includes child safe recruitment and screening processes
- a child-focused complaints handling policy that outlines roles and responsibilities for different staff and different types of complaints
- a system in place to record and monitor ongoing compliance with child safety training requirements
- a system in place to record and monitor the validity of child-related personnel’s working with children checks or working with vulnerable people checks
- implemented the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
- complied with the requirements contained in the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework
- ensured that all child-related personnel are aware of and comply with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
- completed a risk assessment for each grant activity to identify the level of responsibility for children and the level of risk of harm or abuse to children (and will review this risk assessment at least annually and update if necessary)

¹ Child-Related Personnel means officers, employees, contractors (including subcontractors), agents and volunteers of the Grantee involved with the Activity who as part of that involvement may interact with Children

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- put into place an appropriate risk management strategy for each grant activity to manage the risks identified through the risk assessment completed for each grant activity (and will review risk management strategy at least annually and update if necessary), and
- provided training and established a compliance regime to ensure that all Child-Related Personnel who may interact with children in the provision of grant activities are aware of, and comply with:
I. the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
II. the organisation’s risk management strategy
III. all relevant legislation relating to requirements for working with children, including working with children or vulnerable people checks, and
IV. all relevant legislation relating to mandatory reporting of suspected abuse or neglect.

5. My organisation has imposed the same child safety obligations on any subcontractors and secondary subcontractors if required.

☑ I agree to all to all of the above declarations and confirm all of the above statements to be true. I understand the department may request evidence to confirm this declaration.

OR

☐ My organisation has not met all the conditions outlined in the statements above for one or more of the grant activities.

If non-compliant, please provide details and the specific grant activity/ies to which the non-compliance relates.

☑ I warrant that I have the authority to make this declaration on behalf of my organisation *
☑ By including my name in this form, I deem this to be my signature for the purpose of this form *

# Authorisation

Name *
Position title *
Organisation the declaration applies to*
Date *

|  s 22(1)  |
| --- |
|  CCVT Contract Manager  |
|  CatholicCare Victoria Tasmania  |
|  15/08/2025  |

* indicates a mandatory field

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# Appendix A

List below each grant activity under the Family Relationships Services Program (excluding Family Law Pathways Network) that you are funded for by the Attorney-General's Department. Include the child safety risk rating against each grant activity based on your child safety risk assessment.

|   | Grant Activity ID | Sub-Program Name | Risk Rating  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 | s 22(1)  |   |   |
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|  6 | s 22(1)  |   |   |
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