Part 2 – Services we could give funding to | Changing the Disability Services Act

Part 2 – Services we could give funding to

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We want to give funding to 11 types of services:

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1

Accessibility services

These services help make our community accessible.

When the community is accessible, it is easy to:

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find and use services

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understand and use information

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move around.

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2

Accommodation support services

These services help people with disability find a place to live.

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3

Advocacy services

These services support people with disability to have their say.

They can also give them information and advice.

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4

Building skills

These services support people with disability to build skills and knowledge.

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5

Education services

These services help people with disability study and learn.

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6

Employment and training services

These services help people with disability find and keep a job.

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7

Independent living services

These services help people with disability be independent in their own home.

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8

Information services

These services help people with disability find and use information.

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9

Recreation services

These services help people with disability do things for fun, like hobbies or sports.

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10

Research and collecting data

When we research and collect data, it helps make sure:

services work well
we have good information about people with disability.

Data includes facts, information and records.

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11

Respite care services

These services help:

people with disability
the people who care for them.

When someone takes a break from caring for someone with disability, it is called respite.

How will the new Act affect these services?

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The new Act will support us to give funding to these services.

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It will also allow us to give funding to different types of services in the future if we need to.

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The new Act will also include other ways we can give funding to services.

What does this mean for people with disability?

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The new Act won’t affect the services people with disability receive.

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We can continue to give funding to the services people already receive.

And work to improve them.

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The new Act will be able to give funding to more types of services than the old Act.

What does this mean for providers?

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The new Act won’t affect services and programs that are happening now.

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When providers create new agreements, those agreements will be under the new Act.

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Providers will need to have a good way to handle complaints.

When you make a complaint, you tell someone that something:

has gone wrong
isn’t working well.

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And any providers who aren’t allowed to deliver NDIS services won’t be able to get funding.

For example, if they put people at risk.