Annex — Budget Initiatives

Oranga Tamariki

Ensuring the Provision of Personal Information Under the Privacy Act 1993 and the Management of Claims and Complaints

This initiative aims to meet the responsibility for the settlement of claims relating to events that occurred after 1 April 2017.

Maintaining Current Outcomes for Needs of Children in Oranga Tamariki Care

This initiative aims to maintain current outcomes by continuing to meet the increasing costs of the wide-ranging emotional and physical needs of children in Oranga Tamariki care.

Supporting Continued Operations of Oranga Tamariki

This initiative aims to maintain current outcomes, programmes and services provided to children by providing for increasing costs associated with shared services, insurances, office rents and remuneration costs in line with employment agreements. Capital funding will allow for the refurbishment of a number of homes and residences.

Supporting Social Service Delivery for Community Services Providers

This initiative aims to sustain the current level of partnered service delivery, addressing both general cost increases and significant personnel cost pressures that are impacting the ability of non-governmental organisation partners to recruit, reward, support and retain their workforces.

Supporting the Compliments, Complaints and Suggestion System

This initiative aims to support Oranga Tamariki's Compliments, Complaints and Suggestions Information Technology system. This system enables those in contact with Oranga Tamariki to give feedback, share insights and raise concerns more easily, leading to improvements in services for children and their caregivers.

Supporting the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry

This initiative aims to ensure that the Crown can engage with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care in a full, timely and collaborative manner to help the Royal Commission achieve its vision of “Transforming the way we, as a nation, care for children, young people and vulnerable adults in our communities”. This will be achieved through providing funding for a cross-agency secretariat to deliver a coordinated Crown approach and legal support for representation and procedural questions.