Our spending by 'Ministry of Social Development' for 2018

New Zealand Superannuation. This appropriation is limited to an income for people who have reached the qualifying age of 65 years and fulfil the residency requirements, as provided for in the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001.

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Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit. This appropriation is limited to means-tested income support for people who are eligible for Jobseeker Support or an Emergency Benefit, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Supported Living Payment. This appropriation is limited to means-tested income support for people who are eligible for the Supported Living Payment, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Student Loans. This appropriation is limited to loans to tertiary students undertaking studies at approved tertiary institutions in accordance with Cabinet decisions.

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Accommodation Assistance. This appropriation is limited to payments for accommodation costs, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Sole Parent Support. This appropriation is limited to means-tested income support for people who are eligible for Sole Parent Support, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Purchase of Social Housing Provision. This category is limited to purchasing the provision of social housing and related services from social housing providers in accordance with reimbursement agreements or tailored agreements under the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992.

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Student Allowances. This appropriation is limited to means-tested allowances for students on an approved study programme, paid in accordance with criteria set out in the Student Allowance Regulations 1998; and payment of Student Allowance Transfer Grants to students with dependants, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Disability Assistance. This appropriation is limited to the Disability Allowance for people with disability costs, the Child Disability Allowance to the caregivers of children with a serious disability, and the Special Disability Allowance for the purpose of defraying expenses from the hospitalisation of a spouse or partner, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act. The Special Disability Allowance may also be paid in accordance with criteria set out in the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001.

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Hardship Assistance. This appropriation is limited to Civil Defence payments, Funeral Grants, Special Benefit, Special Needs Grants, Temporary Accommodation Assistance and Temporary Additional Support to provide means-tested temporary financial assistance to persons with emergency or essential costs, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Improving Employment Outcomes. This category is limited to providing specified assistance, including services, to eligible people to help them move into and retain sustainable employment, in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Administering Income Support. This category is limited to assessing, paying, reviewing entitlements and collecting balances owed by clients for income support, supplementary assistance, grants and allowances, and administering international social security agreements relating to people with disabilities, sole parents, and widows and widowers.

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Recoverable Assistance. This appropriation is limited to recoverable assistance payments, as a facility for low-income earners and beneficiaries to access means-tested assistance to help them to meet essential and immediate needs, or costs in specific circumstances, and to meet costs of pre-employment drug tests, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Childcare Assistance. This appropriation is limited to assistance for the costs of childcare that meets specific quality guidelines, where parents meet activity and income criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Orphan's/Unsupported Child's Benefit. This appropriation is limited to the Orphan's/Unsupported Child's Benefit and additional assistance to provide income support for people charged with the responsibility for a child whose parents are dead or cannot be located, suffer a serious long-term disablement, or where there has been a breakdown in the child's family, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Veterans? Pension. This appropriation is limited to the provision of the Veterans? Pension, and lump sum payments upon the death of a qualifying veteran or a veteran?s qualifying spouse or partner, to eligible veterans and their spouses, partners and dependent children, as set out in the Veterans? Support Act 2014 and delegated legislation made under that Act.

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Ministry of Social Development - Capital Expenditure. This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Ministry of Social Development, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

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Improving Work Readiness Outcomes. This category is limited to providing services to eligible people to address barriers to employment to help them become work ready, in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Corporate Support Services. This appropriation is limited to the provision of corporate support services to other agencies.

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Community Participation Services. This appropriation is limited to the provision of services, resources, assistance and support to people so they can participate in and contribute to the wider community.

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Debt Write-downs. This appropriation is limited to the provision for write-downs of Crown debt administered by the Ministry of Social Development due to debt write offs or debt provisions resulting from the need to value debt in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.

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Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment. This appropriation is limited to income support and incentive payments for people who are eligible for the Youth Payment or Young Parent Payment, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Transitional Housing Services. This category is limited to payments to transitional housing providers on a per household basis to cover tenancy and property management; and services to support tenants in transitional housing to move into sustainable housing.

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Services to Support People to Access Accommodation. This category is limited to assessing and reviewing eligibility for social housing and income related rent, social housing register management and the accurate and timely payment of income related rent subsidies to the social housing provider.

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Investigation of Overpayments and Fraudulent Payments and Collection of Overpayments. This appropriation is limited to services to minimise errors, fraud and abuse of the benefit system and Income Related Rent, and services to manage the collection of overpayments, recoverable assistance loans and other balances owed by former clients.

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Income Support and Assistance to Seniors. This appropriation is limited to processing and administering New Zealand Superannuation payments, social security entitlements and international social security agreements to older persons, providing advice to older persons, and assessing financial entitlement to residential subsidies.

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Support for the Provision of Social Housing Supply. This category is limited to providing support to secure access to properties for social housing providers to use for social housing tenancies.

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Supporting Victims and Perpetrators of Family and Sexual Violence. This category is limited to services that support victims of family and sexual violence and address perpetrator behaviour.

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Provision of Transitional Housing Places. This category is limited to supporting transitional housing providers to provide transitional housing places.

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Acquisition, Development and Construction of Transitional Housing. This category is limited to funding the acquisition, construction and development or redevelopment of land or properties for the purpose of providing transitional housing.

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Developing and Managing Community Services. This category is limited to approving, monitoring, contracting and managing the relationships with community-based service providers; engaging with communities and developing services.

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Community Support and Advice. This category is limited to services that build financial capability, develop community and provider capability and provide targeted advice and support for vulnerable individuals and families.

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Out of School Care and Recreation Programmes. This appropriation is limited to the provision of assistance to Out of School Care and Recreation programmes approved in accordance with regulations made under the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act, to assist with the establishment and/or operating costs of OSCAR programmes.

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Management of Student Support. This appropriation is limited to managing non-recoverable financial support to students, involving assessing, administering and processing Student Allowance payments and other income support to eligible secondary and tertiary students.

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Management of Student Loans. This appropriation is limited to assessing, administering, processing and reviewing entitlements for Student Loan payments and providing guidance to students making financial and study decisions.

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Study Scholarships and Awards. This appropriation is limited to scholarships and awards to tertiary students awarded in accordance with Cabinet decisions; and Teach NZ Scholarships awarded in accordance with the Education Act 1989.

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Policy Advice. This appropriation is limited to providing advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on government social policy and related matters, including social sector issues.

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Data, Analytics and Evidence Services. This appropriation is limited to providing data, analytics and evidence services to better inform government decision-making.

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Claims Resolution. This appropriation is limited to resolving claims of abuse and neglect for people who were under the supervision or in the care, custody or guardianship of the state or who had come to the notice of the state prior to 2008.

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Special Circumstance Assistance. This appropriation is limited to financial assistance to people in special circumstances and comprises the Clothing Allowance, and providing assistance for community costs, domestic violence and witness protection relocation, home help, social rehabilitation assistance, telephone costs, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act; and Civilian Amputees Assistance, paid in accordance with criteria set out in the Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975.

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Services Related to Supporting Outcomes for Those in Need of or At Risk of Needing Social Housing. This category is limited to the provision of support services to those in need of social housing or those at risk of entering or exiting social housing.

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Community Group Housing Market Rent Top-Up. This category is limited to the provision of funding to Housing New Zealand Corporation to pay the difference between the contracted rent with the Community Group Housing provider and market rent for the leased properties.

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Increasing Youth Development Opportunities. This category is limited to purchasing youth development opportunities.

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Supporting Equitable Pay for Care and Support Workers. This appropriation is limited to the additional costs of worker hours resulting from the Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017.

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Social Housing Provider Development. This appropriation is limited to providing support to third party providers of social and/or affordable housing services.

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Acquisition and Improvement of Community Group Housing Properties. This category is limited to debt or equity in Housing New Zealand Corporation to acquire, modernise or reconfigure properties leased by Community Housing Providers.

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Management of Service Cards. This appropriation is limited to assessing entitlement, issuing cards, and promoting and distributing information about the Community Services, SuperGold and Veteran SuperGold cards, including enlisting business partners to provide discounts to SuperGold cardholders.

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Planning, Correspondence and Monitoring. This appropriation is limited to providing planning, reporting, monitoring and statutory appointment advice (other than policy decision-making advice) on Crown entities, and correspondence services to support Ministers to discharge their portfolio responsibilities.

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Promoting Positive Outcomes for Disabled People. This appropriation is limited to providing services to promote and monitor the implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy, to monitor and implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and to provide information to Ministers on disability matters.

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Community Housing Rent Relief. This category is limited to the provision of a rent relief fund to Community Group Housing providers for the sole purpose of helping them meet their contracted rent payments.

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Student Placement Services. This appropriation is limited to placement services for students for holiday and term employment.

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Participation and Support Services for Seniors. This category is limited to services that address isolation, abuse and neglect of older people, and support participation in communities.

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Children's Commissioner. This appropriation is limited to the provision of services from the Children's Commissioner including the discharge of the Commissioner's duties under the Children's Commissioner Act 2003, monitoring and reporting on services delivered under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, and the identification of aspects of law, policy and practice that might adversely affect children and the development and proposal of remedies.

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Work Assistance. This appropriation is limited to payments to beneficiaries, low income earners, students and ex beneficiaries to assist them to obtain and maintain employment, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Housing Support Package. This category is limited to the provision of incentives, products and services to help households with lower housing need who are in, or seeking social housing, to access or retain alternative housing solutions.

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Impairment of Crown Assets Related to Transitional Housing. This category is limited to expenses incurred as a result of the impairment of Crown assets related to transitional housing, including write down and write offs.

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Administering Youth Development. This category is limited to generating, funding and promoting youth development opportunities.

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Families Commission. This appropriation is limited to the provision of services from the Families Commission to promote the wellbeing of a full range of New Zealand families and whänau through undertaking research and evidence gathering to build a transfer of knowledge to policymakers and purchasers and providers of services.

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Extraordinary Care Fund. This appropriation is limited to providing financial assistance to carers receiving the Orphan's Benefit or Unsupported Child's Benefit to assist with costs for children in their care who are either experiencing difficulties that significantly impact on their development, or who are showing promise.

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Promoting Positive Outcomes for Seniors. This appropriation is limited to providing information and facilitation to protect the rights and interests of older people, to promote local community involvement in senior issues, and ministerial services.

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Transitional Assistance. This appropriation is limited to supplementary financial assistance to people who are adversely affected by changes in policy or legislation, so they will not be financially worse off at the point of change, paid in accordance with criteria set out in, or in delegated legislation made under, the Social Security Act 1964 or any legislation that replaces that Act.

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Family Start/NGO Awards. This appropriation is limited to the payment of course fees for Family Start family/whanau and NGO workers pursuing social work qualifications, in accordance with Cabinet decisions.

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Processing of Veterans? Pensions. This appropriation is limited to the processing and administrative aspects of payment of Veterans' Pensions and related allowances .

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Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot. This appropriation is limited to the outcome payments incurred under the Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot.

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Administering the Legacy Social Housing Fund. This appropriation is limited to the administration costs of the Legacy Social Housing Fund.

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Services Related to the Provision of Social Housing. This category is limited to the provision of services related to the provision of social housing by a social housing provider.

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Place-based Initiatives - Tairawhiti Local Leadership. This appropriation is limited to the provision of operational support for the place-based approach being led by the Tairawhiti Social Impact Collective.

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Other Advice. This category is limited to the procurement of other advice (including advice on operational matters; advice from expert parties that provide review services not available in-house; advice on matters where a review is necessary but cannot be undertaken due to a conflict of interest; and advice on procurement to ensure value for money) on government priority areas.

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Policy Advice. This category is limited to the provision of independent advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on government priority areas.

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Administering Support for the Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot. This appropriation is limited to the costs of administering and providing business support to the Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot.

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