Funding allocation for Care in the Community welfare response
The Government has provided funding totalling $407.9m for the Care in the Community welfare response to support individuals and whānau who contract COVID-19 and need extra support isolating under the health guidelines. The funding goes to agencies and community providers.
$178.6m (including $5m to support households with broader COVID-related issues) has been allocated for Community Connectors who support households in self-isolation with critical welfare needs. There are 500 Community Connectors contracted through to June 2023, which is an expansion of the Community Connection Service to reach more communities.
$162.4m has been allocated for critical food support including food parcels and ready-to-eat meals. This includes $15m for MSD’s Food Secure Communities programme.
The Care in Community welfare response is regionally led, so funding is mainly allocated to MSD regions.
This information dates from 10 May 2022 and may be revised.
For more detail about how funding has been allocated, download the PDF.
Regional funding
To manage MSD's CPF appropriation, funding has been split by MSD Region. The 11 RPSCs will disburse regional leadership group funding for 16 regions based largely on regional and unitary council boundaries. It is noted that Nelson and Tasman operate as one region (agreed by the Mayors) and Chatham Islands operates as a separate regional leadership group.
| MSD region | Regional leadership and iwi partnership (total $18.1m) | Coordinated assessment (total $8.3m) | CAP funding (total $4.4m with $2.2m regionally allocated) | Community connectors – additional 500 FTEs (total $178.6m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tai Tokerau, Northland | $1,523,863 | $535,211 | $208,000 | 45 |
| Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland | $2,516,062 | $827,157 | $789,000 | 171 |
| Waikato | $1,575,547 | $535,211 | $197,000 | 39 |
| Bay of Plenty and Taupo | $1,675,343 | $535,211 | $253,000 | 44 |
| East Coast | $1,903,696 | $1,070,421 | $168,000 | 33 |
| Taranaki | $1,435,366 | $535,211 | $141,000 | 28 |
| Central | $1,425,713 | $535,211 | $121,000 | 30 |
| Wellington | $1,109,047 | $535,211 | $108,000 | 24 |
| Top of the South | $2,025,936 | $1,605,632 | $32,000 | 21 |
| Canterbury | $1,382,541 | $535,211 | $82,000 | 32 |
| Southern | $1,555,887 | $1,070,421 | $100,000 | 22 |
This information:
- includes funding across financial years 2021 / 2022 and 2022 / 2023
- shows allocation of funding
- does not show the funding that has been spent.
