South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The following
funds will be maintained by the Minister:
(a) a
fund for the Family and Community Development Programme; and
(b) a
fund for the Early Intervention and Substitute Care Programme.
(2) Each fund will
consist of such money as is, from time to time, provided by Parliament for the
purpose of the fund and the money appropriated to the fund by the Minister
from any other source.
(3) The Minister may
apply any portion of the Family and Community Development Programme fund
towards the costs incurred, or to be incurred, by any person or group of
persons in establishing, operating, maintaining, supporting, promoting or
extending any service, project or facility that will advance the welfare of
children, youth or any other section of the community.
(4) The Minister may
apply any portion of the Early Intervention and Substitute Care Programme fund
towards the costs incurred by any person or group of persons in establishing,
operating, maintaining, supporting, promoting or extending—
(a) a
residential care facility for children; or
(b) a
foster care service for children; or
(c) a
service, project or facility designed for the purposes of reducing the
occurrence, or mitigating the adverse effects, of the placement of children in
residential, foster or similar care apart from their guardians and relatives.
(5) An application for
the allocation of money under this section must be made to the Minister in a
manner and form approved by the Minister.
(6) The Minister may
allocate money under this section on such conditions as the Minister thinks
fit.