4.2 Length of agreement
The Department of Human Services (DHS) and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) operate on a standard three year service agreement business cycle.
The current three year cycle is from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2012.
Organisations will be offered three year service agreements except where:
- the funding in the agreement is time limited, and will cease before 30 June 2012;
- the agreement starts after 1 July 2009;
- other circumstances exist that warrant a shorter agreement period. The organisation will be advised the reason for a shorter agreement period.
The Budget Build reports, available via secure logon on the Funded Agency Channel, provide organisations with a three year outlook of proposed funding, regardless of the end date of the service agreement.