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Emergency Relief Statistics Number of requests for ER— 5,576 Statistics: 2015 2014 Total requests for Emergency Relief — 5,576 5,917 Instances of Emergency Relief provision — 5001 5,018 New Emergency Relief clients — 1,111 1,233 Breakdown: Men Women Via Agencies — — — 2,063 2381 290 2,238 2,493 402 Breakdown of Emergency Relief expenditure: 2015 2014 Food Vouchers 153,575 130,983 Utilities/Telephone 17,680 8,996 Optical/Medical/Pharmacy/Dental 6,020 6,826 Food 27,831 30,695 Accommodation/Rental 56,954 73,458 School Text Books/Fees 8,540 7,382 Travel 716 356 Childcare/Pre-School 171 564 Removal/Storage 8,227 4,981 School Uniforms/Clothing/Shoes 1,909 1,310 Household Goods 539 605 Miscellaneous Assistance 6,244 5,371 Vic Roads Registrations/Licences 9,744 6,552 TOTAL 298,150 278,079 In-kind food (donations) 30,839 26,734 TOTAL EMERGENCY RELIEF EXPENDITURE 392,926 362,782 8 The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members Operational Statistics Total number of enquiries — 10,907 Total enquiries: Number of days open: Total of Individual Contacts: Face to Face Interviews: Telephone Interviews: Other forms of contact: Enquiries about volunteering: Appointments for services: Total new clients to the agency: All referrals: 2015 10,907 2014 11,525 216.5 221 7,096 4,917 2,051 128 7,464 5,112 2,240 112 147 122 602 1,591 4,619 589 1,618 4,801 Breakdown of major client issues July 2014 — June 2015 ACCOMMODATION 1206 EDUCATION 132 EMPLOYMENT 241 HEALTH 1576 INCOME 1367 LEGAL 460 PAPERWORK 120 SUPPORT SERVICES 315 TRANSPORT 382 DEBT/UTILITIES 826 EDUCATION 2% ACCOMMODATION 18% HEALTH 24% PAPERWORK 2% EMPLOYMENT 4% SUPPORT SERVICES 5% TRANSPORT 6% LEGAL 7% INCOME 20% DEBT/UTILITIES 12% Community Support Frankston | Annual Report 2015 9