The Victorian State Budget contains detailed information on the department’s objectives, outputs and performance against key performance indicators. This is an important accountability tool for the funding we receive to deliver services and operations.
The department’s performance and workforce profile is reported in the annual report.
The 2024–25 Victorian State Budget Paper 3 sets out the department’s output groups and their budgeted costs. Tables 1 to 3 outline the department’s total output, initiative and asset funding.
Table 1. Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output funding 2024-25 ($ million)
| Output | 2024-25 |
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| Child Protection and Family Services | $2124.9 |
| Family Violence Service Delivery | $748.1 |
| Primary Prevention of Family Violence | $30.1 |
| Community Participation | $64.7 |
| Disability Services | $440.7 |
| Office for Disability | $11.7 |
| Seniors Program and Participation | $60.8 |
| Support to veterans in Victoria | $14.4 |
| LGBTIQA+ equality policy and programs | $11.1 |
| Women's policy | $18.4 |
| Youth | $30.5 |
| Concessions to Pensioners and Beneficiaries | $748.4 |
| Housing Assistance | $634.3 |
| Total | $4,974.1 |
Note: Table may not add due to rounding.
Data Source: Victorian Budget, Budget Paper 3, page 116.
Table 2: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing total output initiatives, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Total output initiatives | 190.6 | 507.4 | 214.0 | 94.9 | 89.8 |
Table 2.1: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Child Protection and Familiy Services, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Civil claims costs for historical institutional child abuse and care leavers | 21.8 | 88.3 | 1.3 |
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| Commission for Children and Young People |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Delivering child protection and care services |
| 95.5 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| Improving outcomes for children and young people in home-based care |
| 11.6 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| Strong Families, Safe Children |
| 132.5 | 65.1 |
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| Victorian Redress for historical abuse and neglect in institutional care | 165.0 |
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| Victorian Social Investment Model |
| 1.0 |
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Table 2.2: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Community Participation, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Strengthening food security across Victoria |
| 3.5 |
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Table 2.3: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Concesessions to Pensioners and Beneficiaries, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Personal Hardship Assistance Program | 0.3 |
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| Psychosocial and mental health and wellbeing support | 0.3 |
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| Personal Hardship Assistance Program | 0.3 | 0.5 |
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Table 2.4: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Disability Services, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Continuing support for Victorians with disability |
| 24.0 |
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| Disability and Social Services Regulation |
| 21.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
Table 2.5: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Family Violence Service Delivery, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Driving down family and sexual violence |
| 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.7 |
| Family violence victim survivor supports |
| 35.8 | 36.2 |
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| Safer families: Central Information Point service |
| 12.0 | 12.3 |
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Table 2.6: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Housing Assistance, 2023-24 to 2027-28
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Breaking the cycle of homelessness |
| 42.3 | 49.9 | 54.6 | 50.1 |
| Modernising the delivery of public housing maintenance | 2.0 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Social housing community support |
| 1.1 |
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| Temporary Accommodation Program | 0.2 |
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Table 2.7: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - LGBTIQA+ Equality Policy and Programs, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Equality for LGBTIQA+ communities | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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Table 2.8: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Support to Veterans in Victoria, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Community recognition, assisting veteran community organisations and supporting wellbeing for Victoria’s veterans |
| 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
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Table 2.9: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Women's Policy, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Women’s leadership and recognition |
| 1.8 |
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| Queen Victoria Women's Centre |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Table 2.10: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing output initiatives - Youth, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Output initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
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| Supporting representation and participation of First Nations young people |
| 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Innovative support to re-engage young people |
| 3.6 |
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Note: Tables may not add due to rounding.
Data Source: Victorian Budget, Budget Paper 3, page 36.
Table 3: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Asset Initiative - Family Violence Service Delivery, 2023-24 to 2027-28 ($ million)
| Asset initiative | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TEI |
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| Family violence victim survivors supports |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Total asset initiatives |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
Note: Table may not add due to rounding.
Data Source: Victorian Budget, Budget Paper 3, page 43.