End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032.
The Government will provide $194.0 million over 5 years from 2022-23 (and $4.0 million in Plan) under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. Funding includes: * $145.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24, including a provision of $128.6 million in the Contingency Reserve, to support activities which address immediate safety concerns for First Nations women and children who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, family, and domestic and sexual violence * $23.2 million over 4 years from 2023-24 to support families impacted by violence and at risk of engaging in the child protection system, through delivery of 7 place-based, trauma-aware and culturally responsive healing programs aimed at early intervention and recovery and supporting families * $17.6 million over two years from 2023-24 to deliver on family safety initiatives under the Action Plan * $7.8 million over 5 years from 2022-23 (and $4.0 million in 2027-28) to support the development of a standalone First Nations National Plan for Family Safety, including governance, secretariat and data arrangements. To support priorities under the 2023 Commonwealth Closing the Gap Implementation Plan, the Government will also provide $68.6 million over two years from 2023-24 to support Family Violence Prevention Legal Services Providers to deliver legal and non-legal support for First Nations victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence, and will also undertake an initial review to inform the development of a national standard for government data on lost, missing, or murdered First Nations women and children. The cost of this measure will be partially met from within the existing resourcing of the Department of Social Services and the National Indigenous Australians Agency's Indigenous Advancement Strategy. See also the related payment measure titled Women's Safety. Defence | Defence