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

24

BABY
NEEDS

14

CLOTHING

36

EDUCATIONAL/
VOCATIONAL

44

EMERGENCY
ACCOMMODATION

7

FOOD
VOUCHERS

215

GROCERIES

11

LEGAL
SUPPORT

1

MEDICAL/
HEALTH NEEDS

37

MOBILE
PHONE

18

OTHER

7

PHONE
CARDS

37

PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE

8

REMOVALIST
EXPENSES

34

RENT ARREARS
PAID

5

SETUP
BOND

4

HOUSING
SETUP

97

TRANSPORT
(OUT OF AREA)

3

TRANSPORT
(GENERAL)

60