49618 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister for Children

49618 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister for Children: Where, if anywhere, is information publicly available regarding the outcome of Oranga Tamariki's negotiation of community provider contracts in light of the Chief Executive's statement that "at the end of that process, it will be very clear what services we will continue, what services will be enhanced, what services will be varied, and what services will be discontinued”, and given the Minister indicated that final decisions had been made by the 8 August 2024?

Hon Karen Chhour: I refer the member to public statements from Oranga Tamariki that “the service and investment changes proposed from FY2024 to FY2025 include: 50 services (with 35 providers) ended naturally and as intended on 30 June 2024 – the contracted funding was one off, and or the service reached its intended end date. 269 services (with 142 providers) are being reduced to align to service levels based around forecasted utilisation and need. 337 services (with 190 providers) are being discontinued due to a change in prioritised need, under performance, and or underutilisation in previous years. 1470 services (with 451 providers) are already contracted in FY2025, or being re contracted with the same level of service from FY2024. We are in the process of procuring at least 50 new services during FY2025.”