not provided this information by 30 November, or as otherwise agreed with VLA, VLA will be unlikely to approve the carry-over of those funds. In submitting a proposal to VLA to retain Excess Surplus Funds, the Organisation must use the template provided by VLA and should address the following matters: 1. Commitment of the Allowable Surplus Proposals should detail how the Allowable Surplus has been committed to demonstrate why this is not available to cover the costs of the proposed expenditure. 2. Proposed Use of the Excess Surplus Proposals should provide details of how the Excess Surplus would be used including an explanation of any exceptional circumstances leading to the accumulation of the Excess Surplus, a breakdown of costs, the timeframe proposed for full utilisation of the Excess Surplus and anticipated outcomes. 3. Implications of Non Approval – Proposals should clearly set out any implications that might arise from a decision not to approve carry-over of the Excess Surplus. SCHEDULE 8 - FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES The Organisation will receive special funding to enable it to provide a range of family violence-related legal services including: At-court duty lawyer services Advice and information services Casework services Community legal education and community development Note regarding service targets: All targets assume at least one FTE lawyer is funded to each recipient centre (lower staffing establishment will equate to a pro rata target). 1. Duty Lawyer services: The primary purpose of the special family violence funding is to provide at-court duty lawyer services to the local venue of the The duty lawyer service will primarily be focused Organisation’s Magistrates’ Court. on providing assistance to applicants for intervention orders, aggrieved family members in police initiated family violence intervention order matters and other persons who may have experienced family violence and require information, advice or casework services.
not provided this information by 30 November, or as otherwise agreed with VLA, VLA will be unlikely to approve the carry-over of those funds. In submitting a proposal to VLA to retain Excess Surplus Funds, the Organisation must use the template provided by VLA and should address the following matters: 1. Commitment of the Allowable Surplus Proposals should detail how the Allowable Surplus has been committed to demonstrate why this is not available to cover the costs of the proposed expenditure. 2. Proposed Use of the Excess Surplus Proposals should provide details of how the Excess Surplus would be used including an explanation of any exceptional circumstances leading to the accumulation of the Excess Surplus, a breakdown of costs, the timeframe proposed for full utilisation of the Excess Surplus and anticipated outcomes. 3. Implications of Non – Approval Proposals should clearly set out any implications that might arise from a decision not to approve carry-over of the Excess Surplus. SCHEDULE 8 - FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES The Organisation will receive special funding to enable it to provide a range of family violence-related legal services including: At-court duty lawyer services Advice and information services Casework services Community legal education and community development Note regarding service targets: All targets assume at least one FTE lawyer is funded to each recipient centre (lower staffing establishment will equate to a pro rata target). 1. Duty Lawyer services: The primary purpose of the special family violence funding is to provide at-court duty lawyer services to the Organisation’s local venue of the Magistrates’ Court. The duty lawyer service will primarily be focused on providing assistance to applicants for intervention orders, aggrieved family members in police initiated family violence intervention order matters and other persons who may have experienced family violence and require information, advice or casework services.
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