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