Schedule A Collaborative service planning NATIONAL PART NERSHIP A G R E E M E N T O N LEGAL AS SISTA NCE SER V I C E S This schedule provides guidance on the elements of collaborative service planning. OVERVIEW A1 Under this Agreement, the Parties will work together with the legal assistance sector to coordinate and maximise the reach of services and to ensure that services are directed where they are most needed. A2 The outcomes of collaborative service planning will inform the distribution of Commonwealth and State funding to community legal centres within each jurisdiction. This process will facilitate a holistic and objective approach to decision-making about the distribution of this funding. OF COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTS SERVICE PLANNING A3 There are two key elements of the service planning process. Evidence and analysis of legal need A4 The first element of service planning is that the States use an evidence base to identify priority clients and the geographic locations in which people have the highest levels of legal need. This will enable the States to identify and analyse evidence of disadvantage, as a proxy for legal need, and target legal assistance services within their jurisdiction accordingly. A5 The States develop a new evidence base, or could use existing evidence bases. The evidence used should, at minimum, include: the Census and/or socio-economic data produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; information from the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales. A6 To identify and analyse data, the States use reports or tools including, but not limited to: community profiles used by local councils that include demographic data; the Legal Needs Assessment Framework and Toolkit produced by the National Association of Community Legal Centres; reports that include demographic and socio-economic analysis using relevant indicators by geographic spread; other local and relevant data from regional planning reports, crime statistics and information on debt recovery.
Schedule A Collaborative service planning NATIONAL PART NERSHIP A G R E E M E N T O N LEGAL AS SISTA NCE SER V I C E S This schedule provides guidance on the elements of collaborative service planning. OVERVIEW A1 Under this Agreement, the Parties will work together with the legal assistance sector to coordinate and maximise the reach of services and to ensure that services are directed where they are most needed. A2 The outcomes of collaborative service planning will inform the distribution of Commonwealth and State funding to community legal centres within each jurisdiction. This process will facilitate a holistic and objective approach to decision-making about the distribution of this funding. ELEMENTS OF COLLABORATIVE SERVICE PLANNING A3 There are two key elements of the service planning process. Evidence and analysis of legal need A4 The first element of service planning is that the States use an evidence base to identify priority clients and the geographic locations in which people have the highest levels of legal need. This will enable the States to identify and analyse evidence of disadvantage, as a proxy for legal need, and target legal assistance services within their jurisdiction accordingly. A5 The States develop a new evidence base, or could use existing evidence bases. The evidence used should, at minimum, include: the Census and/or socio-economic data produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; information from the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales. A6 To identify and analyse data, the States use reports or tools including, but not limited to: community profiles used by local councils that include demographic data; the Legal Needs Assessment Framework and Toolkit produced by the National Association of Community Legal Centres; reports that include demographic and socio-economic analysis using relevant indicators by geographic spread; other local and relevant data from regional planning reports, crime statistics and information on debt recovery.
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