Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Contributors
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Symbols
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction
      • Changes in community services since 1997
      • Directions in family and community services
      • Taxation reform
      • Recent developments in community services information
      • The Review of Commonwealth - State Service Provision
    2. Expenditure on welfare services
      • Introduction
      • Total expenditure
      • Expenditure by governments
      • Recurrent government expenditure on welfare services by four welfare services categories
      • The contribution of community service organisations
      • Tax expenditures in the community services sector
      • The contribution of the household sector
      • International comparison of government expenditure on welfare services
      • Summary
    3. Changing work patterns and the community services workforce
      • Introduction
      • Changing patterns of work
      • The community services workforce
      • Factors affecting the demand for community services
      • Factors affecting the supply of community services
      • Overview and future prospects
    4. Children's and family services
      • Introduction
      • Families and children in Australia
      • Family payments and tax expenditures
      • Child care and preschool services
      • Family support services
    5. Assistance for housing
      • Introduction
      • Profile of housing tenure
      • Housing services and assistance
      • Housing assistance for Indigenous Australians
      • Data development
    6. Aged care
      • Introduction
      • The need for care
      • Service provision
      • Outcomes
      • Summary
    7. Disability services
      • Introduction
      • The prevalence of disability
      • Services and assistance
      • Outcomes
      • Summary
    8. Child protection and support services
      • Introduction
      • Child abuse and neglect
      • Children on care and protection orders
      • Children in out-of-home care
      • Future directions
    9. Services for homeless people
      • Introduction
      • The need for services for homeless people
      • Programs for homeless people
      • Recipients of assistance
      • Services provided
      • Outcomes for clients
  • End matter
    • Appendix tables 1
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • Population data
    • Index