2022 Tusla-Funded Family Support Services Spending Review
The Spending Review 2022 focuses on tracking and assessing Tusla's investments in Family Support Services (FSS) and its collaboration with the Community & Voluntary sector. Key findings include an 18.6% increase in total FSS spend from 2018-2021, with notable growth in funding for C&V sector FSS. The review identifies cost drivers, trends in expenditure, and the impact of COVID-19 funding on service provisions.
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Spending Review 2022 Tusla Funded Community and Voluntary Sector Family Support Services Dearbhla Quinn-Hemmings, Luke Tully, Ciaran Madden Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth December 2022
Spending Review 2022 Overview, Aims & Objectives Overview Tracks and assesses the level of investment that Tusla makes in Family Support Services, to better understand the extent to which Tusla is supported by the Community & Voluntary (C&V) sector in providing these services. Focuses on the FSS policy landscape, Tusla s model for FSS commissioning and governance, and trends in FSS expenditure in recent years FSS activities include: centre-based and in-home supports, parenting programmes, counselling and therapy 2 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
Spending Review 2022 Key Findings Total FSS Spend increased by 18.6% 2018-2021 (see slide 4 for cost drivers) Tusla funding for C&V sector FSS increased 16.8% 2018-2021 Tusla FSS Pay spend (10% of total FSS spend) increased by 30.3%, 2018- 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021 % Change m FSS C&V spend (3 streams combined) 95 101 105.6 110.9 16.8 FSS admin spend (estimated) 1.2 1.6 1.01 1.1 -12.2 General Childcare Services (CCA) 0.85 1.5 1.6 2.1 144.1 FSS Non-Pay spend 97.1 104.1 108.3 114.1 17.5 FSS Tusla Pay spend 8.5 9.2 10.5 11.03 30.3 Total FSS spend 105.5 113.3 118.8 125.1 18.6% 3 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
Spending Review 2022 Key Findings cont. Increase in FSS spend mainly driven by S56 FSS funding stream (Figure 2) This was mainly driven by the transfer of ABC programme expenditure from DCEDIY to Tusla in late 2018. Additional (once-off) COVID 19 funding provided to C&V sector organisations also contributed to the increase. The proportion of overall Tusla expenditure allocated to FSS remained relatively consistent between 2018 and 2021, rising from 13.9% to 14.2% 11.3% CCA expenditure 16.3% 42.7% Regional SLA National grants ABC 29.7% 4 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland Figure 1
Spending Review 2022 Key Findings cont. Increase in FSS expenditure was concentrated among a relatively small number of the highest-funded C&V sector FSS organisations The 10 most highly-funded organisations accounted for 44% of the increase in S56 FSS expenditure between 2018 and 2021, while the ten highest-funded FRCs accounted for 37.9% of the increase in overall FRC spending, and the ten highest- funded FSSC organisations accounted for 32.5% of the rise in FSSC expenditure The proportion of funded organisations in receipt of more than one funding stream increased for all three FSS streams (Figure 2) 100 91.8 90 85.2 83.7 80 72.4 70 60 55.8 53.6 52.4 50 41 40 34.2 30.6 30 19.4 18.1 20 10 0 2018 2019 2020 2021 Sec 56 FRC FSSC 5 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
Recommendations Need for a clear definition of FSS Additional data collection to help delineate FSS from other service types going forward Improved methodology for existing FSS data collection to allow for like-for-like comparison and activity tracking over time 6 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland