The Department of Health (DoH) has written to Marithes Dumapias and Marlon De Leon, both claiming to be Presidents of the Filipino Community Council of Victoria Inc (FCCVI), asking for relevant information about FCCVI’s suitability to be an approved provider of aged care.
The information to be provided “should show evidence that you have appropriate governance and financial management systems in place to continue delivering care now and in the future,” the Delegate of the Secretary writes.
In his response to Dumapias’s letter, De Leon said that the letter from the Department of Health (DoH) “is not a warning and no unified response is required. Either one of us may respond.”
“It simply acted on the false information given to their office, stating that FCCVl’s Westpac bank account (holding HCP funds) is frozen, thus compromising FCCVl’s obligations as an approved Home Care Provider,” De Leon’s letter said.
In the DoH letter dated 22 March 2019, it said that it has come to the attention of the Department about FCCVI’s internal dispute resulting
FCCVI is an approved home care provider and as such receives funding for its Home Care Package (HCP) to provide services for the Filipino elderlies.
What DoH wants to know
The following information need to be submitted within 14 days:
- The current approved corporate governance structure of the FCCVI, including an updated list of all current key personnel/executive committee, and in particular, what mechanisms are in place to mitigate instability within the executive committee in the future.
- Evidence that access to the FCCVI’s corporate bank account (currently holding all HCP funds) has resumed, and the identity of the current signatories to that account
- If a new bank account has been established as FCCVI’s operating account for HCP funds, evidence of that new account and the bank’s undertaking to transfer all HCP funds to the current account.
- If HCP funds remain frozen by the bank, a detailed explanation and the provision of material evidence that proves there are sufficient funds to maintain Home Care services for the next six months.
- Evidence that FCCVI has, as an incorporated association, informed the Consumer Affairs Victoria and the Australian Charities and Not-for- profits Commission (ACNC) about the executive committee changes and received their approval to validate those changes.
If FCCVI fails to submit the above documents, it will be sanctioned and a record of compliance will be reviewed for eligibility of future funding
The Philippine Times is publishing the letters of De Leon and Dumapias. Both parties have agreed to publish their letters.
