Youth Justice State Plan

1354 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (11 September 2019). The 2019-20 budget papers indicate expenditure of only $522,000 on grants and subsidies in the Youth Justice program, compared with a 2018-19 budget of $738,000. What work was undertaken by the department to advise stakeholders of the grants and subsidies available?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General): The Minister for Human Services has provided the following advice:

DHS provides two grants through the Youth Justice program for the following specific services:

A grant payment to the Training Centre Visitor to fulfil the functions as set out in Section 14 of the Youth Justice Administration Act 2016.

A grant payment to the Australian Red Cross Society in relation to service provision for Police Call Outs.

A public Expression of Interest (EOI) was released on 7 July 2015 and closed on 4 August 2015. The EOI was advertised on the Government's Tenders website, SA Tenders and Contracts. An industry briefing was held on 20 July 2015, which a number of organisations attended.

Shortlisted respondents who met the requirements of the EOI were invited to respond to a selective Request for Proposal (RFP). The selective RFP was released on 14 August 2015 via SA Tenders and Contracts and closed on 15 September 2015.