Arthur Rogers - Self-directed Funding for People with a Disability – ‘Benefits & Challenges’

Victorian Disability Services Self-directed Funding for People with a Disability – ‘Benefits & Challenges’ Field Seminar 27 November 2009

It’s about transforming lives
Achieve economic participation and social inclusion
Enjoy choice, wellbeing and the opportunity to live as independently as possible
Well supported and resilient families/carers

Implementation: The evolution of self-directed funding in Victoria
Mid and late 1990’s - IHAS
- FFYA
2000 - HomeFirst introduced
2001 - IHAS merged with HomeFirst
2003 - Support and Choice
2007 - my future my choice
2008 – Consolidated Individual Support Packages
2009 – Reorientation of Day Services

Disability Services Budget 2009-10 Individually tailored packages and supports increasingly important and now represent 41% of budget (up from 24% in 2002-03) 1,287.9 Total 584.0 Residential Accommodation Support 532.9 Individual Support 76.9 Targeted Services 94.2 Information, Planning and Capacity Building 2009-10 Target $m Output

Self-directed approaches
Increased choice and control of the service user
Planning that is directed by the person (or family centred in the case of children)
Clear, upfront allocation of resources
Individually attached and portable funding

Self-directed approaches
More choice over how the money is managed, including Direct Payments
Greater flexibility about how the money can be spent
“ Personal budgets and self-directed services mobilise the intelligence of thousands of people to get better outcomes for themselves and more value for public money” - Charles Leadbeater, Jamie Bartlett,Niamh Gallagher (DEMOS)

Setting the pace ….

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