Strategic review of Cape York Income management

Abstract

BasicsCard A pin-protected key card that can be used with standard EFTPOS facilities to enable access to income-managed money. The BasicsCard can only be used at merchants approved by the Department of Human Services. Breach or breach notification A notification received by the FRC that a client has breached an agreed social obligation trigger outlined in the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008 (Qld) ('FRC Act'). Notifications can be received for school attendance (s40), school enrolment (s41), child safety (s42), conviction in court (s43), domestic violence (s43), or housing tenancy agreements (s44). See Introduction for more detail. Cape York Income Management The scheme of income management (i.e. quarantining of welfare income) that specifically applies to the CYWR communities of Aurukun, Coen, Hope Vale and Mossman Gorge on Cape York. Under CYIM, the FRC advise the Department of Human Services as to whom should be placed on CYIM, what amount of their income should be quarantined (that is, 60, 75 or 90%), and for what time period. The Department of Human Services then administers CYIM, based on the FRC's advice.

Complexity and hybrid effects in the delivery and evaluation of youth programmes in a remote Indigenous community

“…For example the FRC adopts an ‘enablement’ approach insofar as its Local Commissioners, when conferencing individuals who have been triggered to attend the Commission, seek to increase capabilities and opportunities by listening, advising and referring clients to a range of social services. There is also an element of ‘coercion’ and ‘restriction’ insofar as the FRC is also able to impose income management where it deems it necessary (usually in about 10% of cases; Scott, Higginson, Staines, Zhen, & Ryan, ). Income management places restrictions on individual spending behaviours, removing the individual's ability to spend their welfare‐derived income on certain items (e.g.…”

“…Higginson, Staines, Zhen, & Ryan, 2018). Income management places restrictions on individual spending behaviours, removing the individual's ability to spend their welfare-derived income on certain items (e.g.…”

‘Walking in two worlds’: A qualitative review of income management in Cape York

“…Thus, the scheme there is relatively young and Doomadgee was not one of the communities involved in the original consultation around the scheme. CYIM also operates differently there (Scott et al., 2018).…”

“…This paper examines these nuances in relation to CYWR and CYIM. In particular, we discuss key qualitative findings from a strategic review of CYIM, funded by the Federal Government and completed in late 2018 (Scott et al., 2018). The review involved a mixed‐methods approach, including analyses of 10 years of data from the FRC and thematic analysis of qualitative data, including policy documentation, reports, and a small number of interviews with members of the FRC.…”

Compulsory income management: Combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?

“…He concluded that while there is evidence that welfare quarantining may be assisting some individuals to stabilise their lives (DSS ; Orima ; Scott et al. ), positive outcomes have typically been seen only among participants in voluntary income management (VIM) programmes, or in instances where “individuals are motivated to make changes, and where they are supported by caseworkers and other interventions” (Bray 2016a:464; see also Bray 2016b).…”