Your organisation is due to complete the Family Relationship Services (FRS) Annual Service Report for 2010-11, which includes a Statement of Compliance against the Approval Requirements. The completion of this report is a requirement of your Funding Agreement with the Department for the Activity Period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. Only one Annual Service Report needs to be completed per organisation.
Changes to the Annual Service Report
The Annual Service Report for 2010-2011 has some small changes. Overall, the form has the same format and does not contain any new questions. A number of questions have been removed to reflect the reduced data requirements for this year’s National Report.
The Annual Service Report for the current funding period will remain due on 1 September 2011. However, the due date from 2012 has been revised to 31 July each year in order to meet timelines for reporting FSP outcomes in the FaHCSIA Annual Report. This new 31 July due date will mean consistent outcomes reporting due dates for all FSP services.
The Annual Service Report for 2011-2012 will be significantly changed from previous years. Consultation with the sector will be undertaken over the next few months to develop a new template before the changes are implemented.
Important Information
In completing this report, all responses must be accurate and detailed. We recognise you may not collect data for some of the questions asked. Where this is the case please estimate.
All questions contained in this report relate to services funded under the FRS during the 2010-11 financial year. The information gained from this report is used in a variety of ways including:
- to inform Government policy and program management activities,
- for use in the Family Relationship Services (FRS) National Report, and
- to monitor compliance against the FRS contractual requirements.
Completed forms remain confidential to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and the Attorney-General’s Department.
Please note that all information requested is important and informs the broader development of Family Relationship Services. Incomplete forms may be returned for finalisation prior to acceptance by FaHCSIA.
Please follow the instructions below for completing and submitting this form. Completed forms must be submitted by close of business Thursday, 1 September 2011.
When you access this form you will need to:
- save the form to an appropriate location on your computer;
- open the form;
- complete all questions in Parts A to I;
- Authorising Officer to sign off completed report at Part I;
- email the completed form as an attachment to both c&p.reports@fahcsia.gov.au and the Departmental Officer listed in Item O of your Funding Agreement schedule.
- If the Departmental Officer requests re-submission of the Report, please re-submit as per above.
If you have any problems in completing this form, or need any further explanation, please contact the Departmental Officer listed in Item O of your Funding Agreement schedule.