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 2024/25 STATISTICS

447 Young People
received brokerage support.

GENDER IDENTITY OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2024-25

FEMALE

227
50.8%

MALE

185
41.4%

NON-BINARY

15
3.5%

TRANSGENDER

14
3.1%

OTHER

4
0.8%

CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2024-25

ABORIGINAL AND/OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

191
42.7%

BORN OVERSEAS

106
23.7%

OTHER

150
33.6%

BROKERAGE DISTRIBUTION 2024-25

ACQUIRING
IDENTIFICATION

45

AMENITIES
ARREARS

3

BABY
NEEDS

37

CLOTHING

83

EDUCATIONAL/
VOCATIONAL

111

EMERGENCY
ACCOMMODATION

4

FOOD
VOUCHERS

630

GROCERIES

35

MEDICAL/
HEALTH NEEDS

73

MOBILE
PHONE

38

OTHER

18

PHONE
CARDS

39

PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE

37

REMOVALIST
EXPENSES

69

RENT ARREARS
PAID

5

SETUP
BOND

5

SETUP
MATERIAL

303

STORAGE

7

TRANSPORT
(OUT OF AREA)

2

TRANSPORT
(GENERAL)

143