Performance summary

2006/07

2005/06

Difference %

Service delivery

Total budget provided

$1.129 billion

$1.014 billion

11.3

No. of funded children’s services

1,619

1,641

-1.3

Estimated funded places per day

46,008

46,132

-0.3

Licensed children’s services

3,341

3,236

3.2

Estimated licensed places per day

146,420

138,648

5.4

Number of children aged 0-5 years who attended funded, licensed children’s services in NSW

68,859

69,691

-1.2

No. of children from low income families for whom child care fees were reduced*

10,843

12,435

-12.8

Calls to Domestic Violence Line

23,342

22,294

4.7

Total child protection reports

286,033

241,003

18.7

Rate per 1,000 of children and young people who were subject of a report

78.8

68.8

14.5

Reports referred to a Community Services Centre (CSC) or Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT) for further investigation

201,208

160,842

25.1

Number of JIRT referrals accepted

3,023

3,338

-9.4

Children and young people in out-of-home care

12,712

10,623

19.7

Rate per 1,000 of children and young people in out-of-home care

8.1

6.7

20.9

Annual real expenditure per child in out-of-home care

$28,688

$27,058

3.0

Resources

Number of staff

3,997

3,493

14.4

Number of caseworkers

1,850

1,585

16.7