Person—financial assistance amount, total Australian currency N[NNNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termFinancial assistance amount
METEOR identifier:Help on this term401991
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:Help on this termThe amount of financial assistance provided to a person, in Australian dollars.
Data Element Concept:Person—financial assistance amount

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termCurrency
Format:Help on this termN[NNNN]
Maximum character length:Help on this term5
Unit of measure:Help on this termAustralian currency (AU$)

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThis data element is collected in whole dollar amounts. If vouchers are given instead of cash the value of the voucher is to be recorded.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Person—financial assistance type, homelessness code N
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
See also Person—financial assistance type, homelessness code N
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Specialist Homelessness Services financial assistance type and amount clusterHomelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected for the current service episode only. It relates specifically to assistance provided by the specialist homelessness agency and not assistance provided by any other source.

This item is repeated 5 times to capture the total amounts for the different types of financial assistance.

The client should provide dollar amounts for each type of assistance that was provided during the reference period (ie up to 5 valid responses).


Specialist Homelessness Services financial assistance type and amount clusterHomelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected for the current service episode only. It relates specifically to assistance provided by the specialist homelessness agency and not assistance provided by any other source.

This item is repeated 5 times to capture the total amounts for the different types of financial assistance.

The client should provide dollar amounts for each type of assitance that was provided during the reference period (ie up to 5 valid responses).


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected for clients in each reporting period.


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected for clients in each reporting period.