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Vote Justice and Courts Budget 2019 mental wellbeing initiatives
Information as at the end of July 2021
Initiative
Description
Deliverables
Providers involved in the
Key updates
Spend on
Progress made in
Vote
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Total
delivery of the initiative
consultants
the quarter ending
Allocated
Committed
Spent
Allocated
Committed
Spent
Allocated
Committed
Spent
Allocated
Committed
Spent
Allocated
Committed
Spent
30 June 2021
ACT
Alcohol and
Funding was provided Time limited funding for dedicated
This was de ivered internally
Funding for the AODT Court enabled None
N/A
Justice, Courts, 0 .650
-
0
.588
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.
650
-
0.
588
Other Drug
to enable the Alcohol police prosecutors, court co-
by the Ministry of Justice and continuation of the Court at the
Police
Treatment Court and Other Drug
ordinators, and lawyer team leaders Police. No third party providers Auckland and Waitakere s tes for a
Operational
Treatment Court to
enabled the Alcohol and Other Drug were contracted.
further year.
Support 2019/20 continue operating up Treatment Court to continue
to 30 June 2020
operating at two sites in Auckland
and Waitakere for one year up to
30 June 2020.
Support for
This in tiative aims to A national roll out of the specia ist
Victim Support
2019/20 financial year - 655 people
None
Victim Support have
Justice
1
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1
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.087
1
.713
1
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1
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1
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1
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0.
428
1
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-
6.
226
4.
513
3.
228
Victims Ensuring ensure the justice
caseworker service for fami ies and
affected by homicide received support
employed 17 FTE
Safe and
system responds
whānau bereaved by homicide.
through the Victim Support homicide
dedicated
Effective Justice safely and effectively Families of homicide victims receive
caseworker service (including 151
professionals who
and Improved
to victims of homicide immediate wrap-around psycho-
victims of the Christchurch Terror
provide psycho-social
Mental Health
and to improve their
social support while going through
Attacks). The initiative was in a pilot
support, advice and
Outcomes
mental health.
the criminal justice system. Funds
phase during this period.
information to support
Funding will provide
have been directed to Victim
2020/2021 financial year - 1,667
victims of homicide
access to specialist
Support, which is contracted by the
people affected by homicide received
during a traumatic
end-to-end psycho-
Ministry to deliver services to
support through the Victim Support
and difficult time.
social services to
victims of crime. Victims (including
homicide caseworker service
victims and whānau
children) have their safety secured
(including 206 victims of the
bereaved by homicide and receive timely psycho-social
Christchurch Terror Attacks). The
going through the
support, advice and information
increased numbers reflect the
criminal justice
from dedicated professionals to
expansion of the service from its pilot
system.
support their we lbeing during a
status the previous year.
traumatic and difficult time.
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