
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:
- Fact Tree
- Bayside Women’s Shelter
- Glebe Youth Service
- Good Shepherd
- Juvenile Justice
- KRC
- Lillian Howell Project
- Mission Australia
- Noffs Foundation
- Oasis Youth Support Network
- Reconnect
- Shopfront Youth Legal Service
- SWOP
- The Crossing
- Twenty 10
- Weave
- Wesley Mission
- Youth Block
- YWCA NSW

OUR 2021/22 STATISTICS
406 Young People
received brokerage support.
GENDER IDENTITY OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2021-22
FEMALE
277
55.9%
MALE
165
40.6%
NON-BINARY
2
0.5%
TRANSGENDER
12
3.0%
CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF BROKERAGE CLIENTS 2021-22
ABORIGINAL AND/OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
176
43.3%
BORN OVERSEAS
102
25.1%
OTHER
128
31.5%
BROKERAGE DISTRIBUTION 2021-22
ACQUIRING
IDENTIFICATION
51
AMENITIES
ARREARS
2
BABY
NEEDS
30
CLOTHING
38
EDUCATIONAL/
VOCATIONAL
106
EMERGENCY
ACCOMMODATION
14
FOOD
VOUCHERS
330
GROCERIES
28
LEGAL
SUPPORT
2
MEDICAL/
HEALTH NEEDS
66
OTHER
6
PHONE
CARDS
102
PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE
22
REMOVALIST
EXPENSES
77
RENT ARREARS
PAID
8
SETUP
BOND
5
SET UP
MATERIAL
201
STORAGE
7
TRANSPORT
(OUT OF AREA)
19
TRANSPORT
(GENERAL)
51
