BROKERAGE PROGRAM

OVERVIEW

The Launchpad brokerage program is vital to the organisation’s work, providing financial support to achieve housing outcomes and other case management goals. In 2015, the City of Sydney committed to providing Launchpad with $200,000 per year to extend the brokerage program. As a result, Launchpad has been able to establish working arrangements with other non-Specialist Homelessness Services in the City of Sydney area to ensure wrap-around support for clients. In return, these partner agencies are able to access brokerage funds for their clients.

AGENCY ACCESS

Agencies who accessed the Brokerage program included:

  • Childrens Civil Law service
  • CRC
  • Fact Tree
  • Family Spirit
  • Foyer Central
  • Glebe Youth Service
  • Good Shepherd
  • KRC
  • Lillian Howell Project
  • Mission Australia
  • The Ted Noffs Foundation
  • Oasis
  • Peipod
  • Reconnect
  • Salvation Army
  • Shopfront
  • The Crossing
  • The Girls Refuge
  • Twenty 10
  • Wayside
  • WEAVE
  • Youthblock
  • YWCA

OUR 2022/23 STATISTICS

496 Young People
received brokerage support.

GENDER IDENTITY OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2022-23

FEMALE

277
55.8%

MALE

188
37.9%

NON-BINARY

10
2%

TRANSGENDER

11
2.2%

CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2022-23

ABORIGINAL AND/OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

214
43.1%

BORN OVERSEAS

133
26.8%

OTHER

149
30%

BROKERAGE DISTRIBUTION 2022-23

ACQUIRING
IDENTIFICATION

62

BABY
NEEDS

46

CLOTHING

151

EDUCATIONAL/
VOCATIONAL

112

EMERGENCY
ACCOMMODATION

24

FOOD
VOUCHERS

642

GROCERIES

55

LEGAL
SUPPORT

1

MEDICAL/
HEALTH NEEDS

94

MOBILE
PHONE

26

OTHER

46

PHONE
CARDS

137

PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE

27

REMOVALIST
EXPENSES

84

RENT ARREARS
PAID

10

SETUP
BOND

6

SETUP
MATERIAL

292

STORAGE
 

5

TRANSPORT
(OUT OF AREA)

22

TRANSPORT
(GENERAL)

127