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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-07-23" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Financial Wellbeing Counselling Service</name>
      <page num="6862" />
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Financial Wellbeing Counselling Service</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5376" kind="question">
        <name>Ms STINSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Badcoe</electorate>
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          <question date="2019-06-19" qonNum="949">
            <name>Financial Wellbeing Counselling Service</name>
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        <text id="20190723fe5df599f0594da590001470">
          <inserted>949 <by role="member" id="5376">Ms STINSON (Badcoe)</by> (19 June 2019).  What has the $1 million allocated to replace the Financial Wellbeing Counselling Service been spent on, or what is it allocated to be spent on? Please provide a breakdown with the spending item and the dollar figure per item.</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4340" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R. SANDERSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Child Protection</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2019-06-19" qonNum="949">
            <name>Financial Wellbeing Counselling Service</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4340">The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Of the $1 million redirected from the Financial Wellbeing Program for 2019-20:</inserted>
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            <inserted>$700,000 has been directly invested in the State-wide Financial Counselling Program, giving the Department for Child Protection the option to refer clients to an extensive network of financial counsellors across the state</inserted>
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        <text id="20190723fe5df599f0594da590001474">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$243,000 has been invested in Relationships Australia South Australia's existing post care support services, including counselling, case management, mentoring, support and referral</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="20190723fe5df599f0594da590001475">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$57,000 has been invested with CREATE Foundation Limited, securing a premium licence for the CREATE Your Future Program.</inserted>
          </item>
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