The latest in our series of informative Care Act webinars, this session explored the challenges of the new eligibility criteria, examined the pros and cons of different approaches to resource allocation and looked at the question of transparency.
This document summarizes a white paper from the Actuaries Institute on retirement incomes in Australia. Key findings include:
1. The superannuation system is generally doing what it was designed to do but will not deliver a comfortable retirement for all.
2. The least wealthy sections will continue to rely entirely on the Age Pension for a modest lifestyle. Younger cohorts will be marginally better off.
3. The average taxpayer subsidy via the Age Pension will reduce for future retirees due to the Superannuation Guarantee. This will partly offset rising costs of the Age Pension.
Tackling debt, financial resilience and vulnerability at LACEFPolicy in Practice
Deven Ghelani, Director and founder of Policy in Practice, was invited to speak at the Local Authority Civil Enforcement Forum on the topic of 'Debt, Financial Resilience and Vulnerability'. He focused on our early intervention work on arrears with local authorities who are using data analytics insights to identify vulnerability, target support and track change.
For further information visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk, call 0330 088 9242 or email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk
The Total Place initiative aims to give local authorities more freedom and flexibility in delivering public services. It seeks to improve outcomes and save money through greater collaboration across agencies. Thirteen pilot programs tested approaches like integrating services, targeting high-needs groups, and redesigning processes with community input. Going forward, the initiative will further incentivize local approaches to efficiency and publish agreements to expand pooled budgeting and standardized offers for high-performing areas. Realizing the goals fully faces challenges around coordination between levels of government and alignment of different organizational cultures and systems.
The Total Place initiative aims to give local authorities more freedom and flexibility in delivering public services. It seeks to cut costs through greater collaboration and integrating services across agencies. Thirteen pilot programs are testing approaches like coordinating budgets, streamlining processes, and designing services around people's needs. While the concept is promising, significant challenges remain in implementing the changes at both the local and national levels and ensuring expected savings are achieved.
The document discusses flaws in the current UK debt management framework and calls for reforms. It proposes a new model with:
1) A simplified governance structure with single bodies for debt advice regulation, remedies administration, and over-indebtedness strategy.
2) Streamlined debt remedies that encourage early intervention and rationalize formal/court-based options.
3) Comprehensive consumer information to facilitate early resolution.
4) Improved financial education and a centralized debt advice portal to empower consumers.
The proposed reforms aim to produce more consistent, predictable outcomes for both borrowers and creditors through a less complex system.
Public and private issues in LTC financing for the elderlyAEI
This document summarizes key issues regarding public and private financing of long-term care for the elderly. It discusses the growing needs and costs of long-term care, the limitations of current public programs like Medicaid and Medicare, and challenges facing the private long-term care insurance market. It also reviews various proposals to strengthen private market solutions or implement social insurance programs to better address long-term care financing issues in the future.
Integrated housing models provide affordable housing for a swath of income levels and supportive housing for clients with mental or physical health disabilities. This workshop will examine several model types for integrated housing. Speakers will also discuss the funding and development on this type of housing model.
Maintaining the Business Case for Equality - Reducing Risk and Ensuring Compl...SWF
The document discusses the dismantling of individual rights and attacks on equality and human rights in the UK. It summarizes the findings of a review of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Wales, which found that the PSED raised the profile of equality and provided a structure for equality work, but that organizations faced challenges from a lack of clear guidance. It also outlines budget savings from various welfare reforms in the UK totaling over £5 billion.
This document summarizes a white paper from the Actuaries Institute on retirement incomes in Australia. Key findings include:
1. The superannuation system is generally doing what it was designed to do but will not deliver a comfortable retirement for all.
2. The least wealthy sections will continue to rely entirely on the Age Pension for a modest lifestyle. Younger cohorts will be marginally better off.
3. The average taxpayer subsidy via the Age Pension will reduce for future retirees due to the Superannuation Guarantee. This will partly offset rising costs of the Age Pension.
Tackling debt, financial resilience and vulnerability at LACEFPolicy in Practice
Deven Ghelani, Director and founder of Policy in Practice, was invited to speak at the Local Authority Civil Enforcement Forum on the topic of 'Debt, Financial Resilience and Vulnerability'. He focused on our early intervention work on arrears with local authorities who are using data analytics insights to identify vulnerability, target support and track change.
For further information visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk, call 0330 088 9242 or email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk
The Total Place initiative aims to give local authorities more freedom and flexibility in delivering public services. It seeks to improve outcomes and save money through greater collaboration across agencies. Thirteen pilot programs tested approaches like integrating services, targeting high-needs groups, and redesigning processes with community input. Going forward, the initiative will further incentivize local approaches to efficiency and publish agreements to expand pooled budgeting and standardized offers for high-performing areas. Realizing the goals fully faces challenges around coordination between levels of government and alignment of different organizational cultures and systems.
The Total Place initiative aims to give local authorities more freedom and flexibility in delivering public services. It seeks to cut costs through greater collaboration and integrating services across agencies. Thirteen pilot programs are testing approaches like coordinating budgets, streamlining processes, and designing services around people's needs. While the concept is promising, significant challenges remain in implementing the changes at both the local and national levels and ensuring expected savings are achieved.
The document discusses flaws in the current UK debt management framework and calls for reforms. It proposes a new model with:
1) A simplified governance structure with single bodies for debt advice regulation, remedies administration, and over-indebtedness strategy.
2) Streamlined debt remedies that encourage early intervention and rationalize formal/court-based options.
3) Comprehensive consumer information to facilitate early resolution.
4) Improved financial education and a centralized debt advice portal to empower consumers.
The proposed reforms aim to produce more consistent, predictable outcomes for both borrowers and creditors through a less complex system.
Public and private issues in LTC financing for the elderlyAEI
This document summarizes key issues regarding public and private financing of long-term care for the elderly. It discusses the growing needs and costs of long-term care, the limitations of current public programs like Medicaid and Medicare, and challenges facing the private long-term care insurance market. It also reviews various proposals to strengthen private market solutions or implement social insurance programs to better address long-term care financing issues in the future.
Integrated housing models provide affordable housing for a swath of income levels and supportive housing for clients with mental or physical health disabilities. This workshop will examine several model types for integrated housing. Speakers will also discuss the funding and development on this type of housing model.
Maintaining the Business Case for Equality - Reducing Risk and Ensuring Compl...SWF
The document discusses the dismantling of individual rights and attacks on equality and human rights in the UK. It summarizes the findings of a review of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Wales, which found that the PSED raised the profile of equality and provided a structure for equality work, but that organizations faced challenges from a lack of clear guidance. It also outlines budget savings from various welfare reforms in the UK totaling over £5 billion.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provides vital support for millions of people with disabilities in the United States. SSDI benefits give access to healthcare and supports that lift many out of poverty. While SSDI beneficiaries have diverse disabilities and backgrounds, research shows most will likely never have the capacity for significant, ongoing work. Proposed reforms aim to help those able to work do so, but should not weaken the program or make benefits discretionary. SSDI is functioning as intended as a critical lifeline for many Americans with disabilities.
The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) faces challenges from shifting demographics, economic uncertainty, and political threats. It provides retirement security for over 600,000 people but faces headwinds like an aging population, a potential economic downturn, and efforts to privatize or reduce the system. The Protecting Our Wisconsin Retirement Security (POWRS) organization advocates to preserve the WRS and engages the public to counter legislative proposals that could weaken retirement security.
This document discusses social pensions as a way to address low pension coverage in developing countries. It notes that many countries have recently introduced or expanded social pension schemes. Key questions around social pensions include whether they are affordable and what the tradeoffs are, and how they may impact savings, labor supply, and existing contributory pension schemes. The document outlines options for non-contributory support for the elderly, including universal and targeted social pensions as well as inclusion in general social assistance. It analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these options and reviews some empirical evidence on their impacts.
201510 BN77 - adequacy under the new pension flexibilitiesSarah Luheshi
This document summarizes key points from a briefing note on measuring retirement adequacy under new UK pension flexibilities. It discusses challenges with using replacement rates to measure adequacy when individuals can access savings flexibly. Though imperfect, replacement rates still indicate risk of inadequacy at a population level. The document also outlines opportunities in the new system, like considering all income/assets/debt together and linking savings to life events. Discussions could focus more positively on what retirees can do with income rather than just measuring adequacy.
20151012 PPI Briefing Note 77 - adequacy under the new pension flexibilities ...Sarah Luheshi
This document summarizes key points from a briefing note on measuring retirement adequacy under new UK pension flexibilities. It discusses challenges with using replacement rates to measure adequacy when individuals can access savings flexibly. Though imperfect, replacement rates still indicate risk of inadequacy at a population level. The document also outlines opportunities in the new system, like considering all income/assets/debt together and linking savings to life events. Discussions could focus more positively on what retirees can do with income rather than just measuring adequacy.
View the slides from our webinar: 2018: A policy review of the year. We were joined by guest speakers Deven Ghelani and Paul Howarth, Policy in Practice.
We reviewed the social policy analysis we delivered for clients in 2018 and recapped on key findings we uncovered. We also discussed what this means for local organisations in 2019.
Find out what we learnt about:
Homelessness and housing
Changing living standards of low income households
Universal Credit's impact on people
Universal Credit's impact on frontline organisations
For more information please visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk, call 0330 088 9242 or email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk.
Summary of merging ow and odsp and option paper feb 6 2012Bob Vansickle
This is a summary of the third webinar discussing merging OW and ODSP and the Option Paper offered by the Income Security Advocacy Centre and Know Your Legal Rights. We would like to thank Gord Ryall from our Board for preparing this quick summary.
The Ontario Disability Employment Network
The document discusses the rationale for and proposed principles of welfare reform in the UK, including the introduction of Universal Credit. It aims to simplify the current benefits system, incentivize work, reduce poverty and worklessness, protect the vulnerable, and be fair to both claimants and taxpayers. Universal Credit will consolidate several working-age benefits into a single monthly payment. It is expected to impact around 2.7 million households currently receiving benefits.
Financing Programs for Energy Efficiency: Utility RolesHarcourtBrownEF
This document discusses various approaches to designing energy efficiency financing programs. It notes that traditional rebates may not be the most cost-effective approach and that leveraging private capital through financing could be more effective if designed well. It then outlines different models for financing programs, including who provides the capital, types of credit enhancements, the role of utilities, and examples of programs using these approaches. The key is finding flexible capital that can be used to make loans more accessible while managing risks.
Paying for long term care insurance: The pros and cons of different payment m...ILC- UK
As the population of the UK continues to age, the demand for social care increases, as do the associated costs. How to pay for long term care is therefore a hot topic in the insurance world and amongst policy makers.
This event will saw the launch of a new paper from the ILC-UK and Cass Business School which investigates different ways in which individuals can purchase and pay for insurance products specifically to help them to pay for their care costs in later life.
Chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, Chief Executive of the ILC-UK, the launch included a keynote presentation report co-author Professor Les Mayhew. Responses were given by Jules Constantinou, Regional Manager, Gen Re Life/Health; Brian Fisher, Aviva/Friends Life, and Steve Lowe, Just.
HR Webinar: The Affordable Care Act Turns 10 Years Old: Where to From Here?Ascentis
Happy Birthday, ACA! Ten years ago, on March 23, 2010, the ACA was signed into law. Adding an unprecedented level of consumer protections and minimum quality standards to the health insurance Americans use, the law was and remains controversial to this day. In fact, the rate of uninsured nonelderly Americans dropped from a high of 17.8% in 2010, to 10.0% in 2016. The cancelation of the individual mandate, among other factors, has started to reverse that trend, with increases in the uninsured rates in 2017 and 2018. As the ACA celebrates its tenth birthday, it has something else to celebrate: its highest approval rate since public opinion polls began tracking it: 55% favorable opinion vs. just 37% unfavorable opinion.
As an HR professional, always busy with a hundred other people priorities at your company, it is hard to keep up with the ever-changing laws in the health insurance industry, and specifically, the ACA. With the law predicted to head to the Supreme Court soon for the third review of its fundamental constitutionality, receiving real-time updates becomes even more important. See what has changed in the ACA, looking at where it started to where it is now in this webinar!
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 introduces wide-ranging reforms including Universal Credit to replace many benefits. Universal Credit aims to simplify the system and make work pay. However, Platform 51 is concerned that some aspects could negatively impact women, such as joint payment of Universal Credit potentially enabling financial abuse, and reduced support for those fleeing domestic violence. Platform 51 will monitor these impacts and advocate for policies that better support women and end child poverty.
Presented as part of a debate on whether charities should charge beneficiaries for services at NCVO Sustainable Funding Conference 2011: Adapt, Gain, Grow.
[online] Reforming the NHS Clinical Excellence Award Scheme (Oct10)Alex J Mitchell
The NHS clinical excellence award system, administered by the ACCEA is in short a broken system criticized by the media for unfair consultant bonuses worth up to £75k per year. Partial (cost saving) reforms were suggested in 2010. Here I make my own suggestions how the CEA scheme should be reformed.
My previous slideset on this topic was here http://www.slideshare.net/ajmitchell/online-nhs-clinical-excellence-awards-sept08-presentation
This document summarizes information from Imagine!'s 2015 Community Forum. It provides data on the number of people served by Imagine! across various programs which have generally increased from 2014 to 2015. It also discusses Colorado legislature bills related to I/DD, the state government's FY16 budget proposal which will expand HCBS services and transition people from regional centers, and workforce and job market data for Boulder County. Finally, it outlines Imagine!'s goals in addressing the new federal conflict free case management rule to maintain services and choice for those served while complying with federal standards.
Charities and other not-for-profit businesses tackle everyday business issues differently, which impacts on how big a difference they can make with the funds they have. We identified eight common issues our NFP customers faced, and examples of how they overcome it by using operational intelligence.
Webinar: How to Future Proof Your CTRS scheme for Universal CreditPolicy in Practice
Despite greater flexibility to raise income, councils still have to make savings and ensure their budgets are spent as efficiently as possible.
In many councils the spotlight is on Council Tax to raise income and the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) to make savings.
Council Tax Schemes have been locally designed since April 2013. While many still reflect the nationally administered Council Tax Benefit, we're starting to see greater innovation locally.
The driver of this innovation is the backdrop of the cumulative impact of past and future welfare reforms, the introduction of Universal Credit and ever tighter budgets.
CTRS schemes are intended to keep the most vulnerable citizens safe from poverty. Knowing who those people are is a huge challenge.
We've modelled options for future CTRS schemes in detail for various councils. The impact assessments are used to make informed policy decisions by officers and members.
View this webinar to learn how:
1. We accurately model the cost of CTRS schemes today
2. We accurately model the cost of CTRS schemes in the future, including under Universal Credit
3. We accurately model, compare and evaluate CTRS options under consideration
4. We provide evidenced based recommendations on which CTRS scheme best supports the strategy e. g. best fit for anti-poverty strategy while operating within financial constraints
5. What CTRS schemes we have created for North Hertfordshire, Leeds City and Newcastle City Councils
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provides vital support for millions of people with disabilities in the United States. SSDI benefits give access to healthcare and supports that lift many out of poverty. While SSDI beneficiaries have diverse disabilities and backgrounds, research shows most will likely never have the capacity for significant, ongoing work. Proposed reforms aim to help those able to work do so, but should not weaken the program or make benefits discretionary. SSDI is functioning as intended as a critical lifeline for many Americans with disabilities.
The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) faces challenges from shifting demographics, economic uncertainty, and political threats. It provides retirement security for over 600,000 people but faces headwinds like an aging population, a potential economic downturn, and efforts to privatize or reduce the system. The Protecting Our Wisconsin Retirement Security (POWRS) organization advocates to preserve the WRS and engages the public to counter legislative proposals that could weaken retirement security.
This document discusses social pensions as a way to address low pension coverage in developing countries. It notes that many countries have recently introduced or expanded social pension schemes. Key questions around social pensions include whether they are affordable and what the tradeoffs are, and how they may impact savings, labor supply, and existing contributory pension schemes. The document outlines options for non-contributory support for the elderly, including universal and targeted social pensions as well as inclusion in general social assistance. It analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these options and reviews some empirical evidence on their impacts.
201510 BN77 - adequacy under the new pension flexibilitiesSarah Luheshi
This document summarizes key points from a briefing note on measuring retirement adequacy under new UK pension flexibilities. It discusses challenges with using replacement rates to measure adequacy when individuals can access savings flexibly. Though imperfect, replacement rates still indicate risk of inadequacy at a population level. The document also outlines opportunities in the new system, like considering all income/assets/debt together and linking savings to life events. Discussions could focus more positively on what retirees can do with income rather than just measuring adequacy.
20151012 PPI Briefing Note 77 - adequacy under the new pension flexibilities ...Sarah Luheshi
This document summarizes key points from a briefing note on measuring retirement adequacy under new UK pension flexibilities. It discusses challenges with using replacement rates to measure adequacy when individuals can access savings flexibly. Though imperfect, replacement rates still indicate risk of inadequacy at a population level. The document also outlines opportunities in the new system, like considering all income/assets/debt together and linking savings to life events. Discussions could focus more positively on what retirees can do with income rather than just measuring adequacy.
View the slides from our webinar: 2018: A policy review of the year. We were joined by guest speakers Deven Ghelani and Paul Howarth, Policy in Practice.
We reviewed the social policy analysis we delivered for clients in 2018 and recapped on key findings we uncovered. We also discussed what this means for local organisations in 2019.
Find out what we learnt about:
Homelessness and housing
Changing living standards of low income households
Universal Credit's impact on people
Universal Credit's impact on frontline organisations
For more information please visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk, call 0330 088 9242 or email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk.
Summary of merging ow and odsp and option paper feb 6 2012Bob Vansickle
This is a summary of the third webinar discussing merging OW and ODSP and the Option Paper offered by the Income Security Advocacy Centre and Know Your Legal Rights. We would like to thank Gord Ryall from our Board for preparing this quick summary.
The Ontario Disability Employment Network
The document discusses the rationale for and proposed principles of welfare reform in the UK, including the introduction of Universal Credit. It aims to simplify the current benefits system, incentivize work, reduce poverty and worklessness, protect the vulnerable, and be fair to both claimants and taxpayers. Universal Credit will consolidate several working-age benefits into a single monthly payment. It is expected to impact around 2.7 million households currently receiving benefits.
Financing Programs for Energy Efficiency: Utility RolesHarcourtBrownEF
This document discusses various approaches to designing energy efficiency financing programs. It notes that traditional rebates may not be the most cost-effective approach and that leveraging private capital through financing could be more effective if designed well. It then outlines different models for financing programs, including who provides the capital, types of credit enhancements, the role of utilities, and examples of programs using these approaches. The key is finding flexible capital that can be used to make loans more accessible while managing risks.
Paying for long term care insurance: The pros and cons of different payment m...ILC- UK
As the population of the UK continues to age, the demand for social care increases, as do the associated costs. How to pay for long term care is therefore a hot topic in the insurance world and amongst policy makers.
This event will saw the launch of a new paper from the ILC-UK and Cass Business School which investigates different ways in which individuals can purchase and pay for insurance products specifically to help them to pay for their care costs in later life.
Chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, Chief Executive of the ILC-UK, the launch included a keynote presentation report co-author Professor Les Mayhew. Responses were given by Jules Constantinou, Regional Manager, Gen Re Life/Health; Brian Fisher, Aviva/Friends Life, and Steve Lowe, Just.
HR Webinar: The Affordable Care Act Turns 10 Years Old: Where to From Here?Ascentis
Happy Birthday, ACA! Ten years ago, on March 23, 2010, the ACA was signed into law. Adding an unprecedented level of consumer protections and minimum quality standards to the health insurance Americans use, the law was and remains controversial to this day. In fact, the rate of uninsured nonelderly Americans dropped from a high of 17.8% in 2010, to 10.0% in 2016. The cancelation of the individual mandate, among other factors, has started to reverse that trend, with increases in the uninsured rates in 2017 and 2018. As the ACA celebrates its tenth birthday, it has something else to celebrate: its highest approval rate since public opinion polls began tracking it: 55% favorable opinion vs. just 37% unfavorable opinion.
As an HR professional, always busy with a hundred other people priorities at your company, it is hard to keep up with the ever-changing laws in the health insurance industry, and specifically, the ACA. With the law predicted to head to the Supreme Court soon for the third review of its fundamental constitutionality, receiving real-time updates becomes even more important. See what has changed in the ACA, looking at where it started to where it is now in this webinar!
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 introduces wide-ranging reforms including Universal Credit to replace many benefits. Universal Credit aims to simplify the system and make work pay. However, Platform 51 is concerned that some aspects could negatively impact women, such as joint payment of Universal Credit potentially enabling financial abuse, and reduced support for those fleeing domestic violence. Platform 51 will monitor these impacts and advocate for policies that better support women and end child poverty.
Presented as part of a debate on whether charities should charge beneficiaries for services at NCVO Sustainable Funding Conference 2011: Adapt, Gain, Grow.
[online] Reforming the NHS Clinical Excellence Award Scheme (Oct10)Alex J Mitchell
The NHS clinical excellence award system, administered by the ACCEA is in short a broken system criticized by the media for unfair consultant bonuses worth up to £75k per year. Partial (cost saving) reforms were suggested in 2010. Here I make my own suggestions how the CEA scheme should be reformed.
My previous slideset on this topic was here http://www.slideshare.net/ajmitchell/online-nhs-clinical-excellence-awards-sept08-presentation
This document summarizes information from Imagine!'s 2015 Community Forum. It provides data on the number of people served by Imagine! across various programs which have generally increased from 2014 to 2015. It also discusses Colorado legislature bills related to I/DD, the state government's FY16 budget proposal which will expand HCBS services and transition people from regional centers, and workforce and job market data for Boulder County. Finally, it outlines Imagine!'s goals in addressing the new federal conflict free case management rule to maintain services and choice for those served while complying with federal standards.
Charities and other not-for-profit businesses tackle everyday business issues differently, which impacts on how big a difference they can make with the funds they have. We identified eight common issues our NFP customers faced, and examples of how they overcome it by using operational intelligence.
Webinar: How to Future Proof Your CTRS scheme for Universal CreditPolicy in Practice
Despite greater flexibility to raise income, councils still have to make savings and ensure their budgets are spent as efficiently as possible.
In many councils the spotlight is on Council Tax to raise income and the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) to make savings.
Council Tax Schemes have been locally designed since April 2013. While many still reflect the nationally administered Council Tax Benefit, we're starting to see greater innovation locally.
The driver of this innovation is the backdrop of the cumulative impact of past and future welfare reforms, the introduction of Universal Credit and ever tighter budgets.
CTRS schemes are intended to keep the most vulnerable citizens safe from poverty. Knowing who those people are is a huge challenge.
We've modelled options for future CTRS schemes in detail for various councils. The impact assessments are used to make informed policy decisions by officers and members.
View this webinar to learn how:
1. We accurately model the cost of CTRS schemes today
2. We accurately model the cost of CTRS schemes in the future, including under Universal Credit
3. We accurately model, compare and evaluate CTRS options under consideration
4. We provide evidenced based recommendations on which CTRS scheme best supports the strategy e. g. best fit for anti-poverty strategy while operating within financial constraints
5. What CTRS schemes we have created for North Hertfordshire, Leeds City and Newcastle City Councils
The New Zealand Productivity Commission is conducting an inquiry into local government regulation. It has released a draft report for consultation and submissions are due by 6 March 2013. This overview of the key issues was presentted to Local Government New Zealand in February 2013. For more information: www.productivity.govt.nz/inquiry-content/local-government.
In this webinar, Roberta Newton, manager of the Los Angeles Office of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities speaks about:
> The importance of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
> What changes are coming to HCBS and and how people with developmental disabilities will be affected.
> How to prepare for and participate in the development of new HCBS regulations.
Webinar: Understand how Universal Credit affects Council Tax Reduction SchemesPolicy in Practice
The document summarizes a presentation about how Universal Credit affects Council Tax Reduction Schemes. The presentation discusses trends in Council Tax reduction since 2013, how Universal Credit impacts schemes and objectives. It also outlines Wolverhampton City Council's scheme and four approaches to modeling scheme changes. The presentation aims to help councils understand how to design schemes that align with Universal Credit while meeting objectives like cost reduction and work incentives.
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
Lawyers, Guns and Money - a preview of my presentation to the ABA Tax Section...Roger Royse
This document summarizes information about tax expenditures in the United States and how refundable tax credits are used to implement social welfare policies. It notes that the U.S. tax code contains over $1 trillion in tax expenditures, including exemptions, deductions, and credits. Two of the largest refundable credits are the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, which aim to encourage work and lift people out of poverty. However, the Earned Income Tax Credit suffers from high levels of fraud. The Affordable Care Act also uses tax credits that could be susceptible to similar fraud problems. The document concludes by discussing potential solutions to these fraud issues.
IRS Administration of Social Welfare Policy Roger Royse
Overview:
- The U.S. tax code contains over $1 trillion of expenditures designed to encourage certain behavior among taxpayers, e.g., to encourage spending, saving, and working
- With most tax expenditures, taxpayers declare their own eligibility as opposed to direct spending programs which require agency approval
- Tax expenditures take many different forms
- Exemptions and "above-the-line" deductions (54%)
- Itemized deductions (30%)
- Refundable tax credits (15%)
- Non-refundable tax credits (1%)
Presentation by Alice Burns and Jaeger Nelson, analysts in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division and Macroeconomic Analysis Division, to the National Tax Association.
Apresentação em inglês do Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Melhores postos de trabalho para o desenvolvimento de mercados de trabalho e da Unidade Segurança Social. "A criação de melhores empregos é o motor do crescimento inclusivo e sustentável", é o que foi defendido pelo IDB na apresentação durante a “Conferência Internacional sobre Sustentabilidade e Promoção da Classe Média”. Veja mais na matéria: http://ow.ly/poL9G
OECD eksperta Andrea Basanini prezentācijaLatvijas Banka
Ekonomiskās sadarbības un attīstības organizācijas eksperta, pētījuma "OECD Employment Outlook" redaktora Andrea Basanini ievadreferāta par darbu nākotnē prezentācija Latvijas Bankas tautsaimniecības konferencē "Baltijas darba tirgus nākotne".
The document discusses strategies for achieving "more for less" in public services. It argues that expecting large efficiency savings through initiatives like outsourcing and austerity is unrealistic and often leads to declining outcomes. True improvement requires a holistic approach including co-production with communities, outcomes-based management, cross-sector collaboration, and accepting different risk-cost tradeoffs. Relying only on short-term cost cutting risks undermining long-term quality and sustainability of services.
The allocation of executive compensation resources is being scrutinized by internal and external forces. Regulations, board governance issues, and the lower margins require new thought processes on the various pieces of the compensation puzzle and how they fit together.
The document summarizes a survey conducted by Localis, an independent think tank focused on local government issues in the UK. The survey asked finance directors of local authorities in England about the impact of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) budget cuts. Key findings included: 1) Finance directors were surprised by the front-loading of cuts in the first year. 2) Authorities will have to pursue options like outsourcing, merging services, and staff cuts to achieve the required savings. 3) Adult social care is seen as the most at-risk service despite extra funding.
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Much has been written about telecare, and the evidence regarding its use is the subject of debate.
As well as looking at the existing evidence on telecare, this webinar will look at the findings from a new study looking at the use of telecare and put forward ideas for developing practice.
Aimed at: Commissioners and practitioners in adult social care.
View the recording of this webinar.
Partners and subscribers have full access to recorded webinars. Please note: you will need to login to your RiPfA account.
Evidence and policy suggests that people with multiple needs and exclusions often struggle to engage with services because of the way those services are set up. People may be well known to agencies and professionals but may not have been able to make and sustain changes in their lives. This webinar will provide an overview of the issues facing adults with multiple needs and exclusions. Due to agreements with the individuals involved, in the recording we are unable to show Leah’s story and Tommy’s story. These segments have been removed from the recording. If you have any queries please email: help@ripfa.org.uk
The document summarizes key points from a presentation on implementing the Care Act. It examines challenges to implementation, discusses orienting practice around outcomes to improve wellbeing, and addresses partnership working. Some of the main topics covered include the final regulations and guidance, wellbeing and eligibility criteria, working in partnership through greater integration and co-production, and shifting to an outcomes-based approach. Representatives were asked about issues they are facing in their planning and how to strengthen cooperation across services. The presentation aimed to help organizations prepare for the changes required under the Care Act.
An informative overview of all the resources available in our delivery programme, and crucially how you can get the most out of them. Aimed at Link Officers, workforce development, advanced practitioners and other champions.
Presented by Gerry Nosowska with guests Fiona Richardson (Skills for Care/Oxford Brookes) and Shalini Norris (Access to Advocacy, Lancashire). This webinar explores: the changes to the law regarding information, advice and advocacy and how these fit with the wider aims of the Care Act and the related challenges, and some examples of how these are being addressed in different areas.
These informative webinars are designed for busy professionals to support the dissemination and use of the publications in each mailing. They are an opportunity to learn more about our resources - the topic, target audience, links to key policy issues and how they can be used in practice.
The DoLS have been heavily criticised since their introduction and were described as "not fit for purpose" in a critical 2014 report by a House of Lords select committee, which recommended that they should be replaced (House of Lords Select Committee on the MCA, Mental Capacity Act 2005: Post Legislative Scrutiny (2014) HL Paper 139).
NICE has a long track record of producing guidelines for health and in 2013 expanded its responsibility to include social care. It is important that social care colleagues are aware of the forthcoming NICE Social Care Guidelines and Quality Standards. As part of our work with the National Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) which is responsible for developing the NICE Social Care Guidelines, RiP/fA are holding a free webinar for colleagues across the social care sector.
This session presents and discusses the key messages from the RiPfA Key Issue: Enablement in Dementia and and the forthcoming Practice Tool of the same title (Jan 2016). We will share examples of good practice and gather your views on a practice tool we are developing on this topic. The session will explore what it means to promote 'enablement', why it matters, consider what the challenges are and help you to identify a variety of approaches practitioners can follow, as well as the actions managers and commissioners need to take to support this.
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Resource allocation - expert webinar
1. 1
Assessment and resource allocation
This webinar is not due to start until
12pm on Tuesday 23rd June 2015
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2. 2
Assessment and resource allocation
Presenter: Colin Slasberg,
Independent Consultant
Date June 23 2015
3. Aim
To explore the relationship between resource
allocation and assessment, its impact on both equity
and the vision of personalisation and the potential
impact the Care Act
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4. Agenda
What is the national strategy re assessment and resource allocation?
Is it built from the right lessons?
If not, what are the right lessons?
Can up-front allocations resolve the problems?
Does it matter?
What can councils do if they are concerned?
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5. The national strategy
› The driver for change to the eligibility process was concern about the
‘post code lottery’. Dilnot noted people with similar needs had very
different levels of support around the country
› The ability of councils to set their own Fair Access to Care Services
threshold was held responsible for the post code lottery
› Since April, there has been one threshold that all councils will work to
– the National Eligibility Threshold (NET)
› Needs within the NET will be ‘eligible’ and a duty to meet; ‘non-
eligible’ needs may be met if the council so chooses
› The Government does not, however, expect significant change
› The policy objective is ‘that the threshold describes a level that
can maintain current practice’
› The financial impact has been assessed as a mere 0.1% of
spending
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6. Have the right lessons been learned?
› There is an immediate paradox in that the Government itself has
acknowledged that the ‘vast majority’ of councils already have the
same threshold. This does not square with blaming the post code
lottery on different thresholds
› The doubts deepen when other evidence is examined:
› The Audit Commission 2008
› PSSRU 2012
› Government Impact Assessment
› The evidence clearly shows that eligibility criteria in themselves make
no difference, with Government itself coming to the conclusion in its
Impact Assessment that
− ‘in practice there is little relationship between a local authority’s
stated local threshold and how that authority is meeting needs’6
7. Questions/ comments
1. With a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response, has your council
planned for a change in the number of needs assessed
as eligible as a result of the NET?
Click ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on your screen now.
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8. Questions/ comments
2. More generally how much difference do you expect
the NET to make compared to FACS?
Choose an option on your screen now.
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10. ELIGIBLE
NEEDS
NEEDS
‘LOST TO
THE
SYSTEM’
Henwood and
Hudson
THE RANGE OF NEEDS MET
EXPANDS OR CONTRACTS TO FIT
THE BUDGET
This requires highly pliable criteria,
ostensibly designed to allow for
individuality but used by senior
managers, usually in panels. This is
the ‘street level bureaucracy’.
The policy objective of creating
equity through consistency based
on need and risk is thus subverted.
Declaring a need eligible is
effectively signing a blank cheque.
This creates a major financial risk .
This is resolved by making ‘eligible’
needs a maximum offer. This
requires a circular process whereby
a need is deemed a need only if
there is resource to meet it.
THE DUTY TO SPEND WITHIN A
BUDGET MEANS THAT IF THE
DUTY TO MEET NEED
CONTINUES TO COMPRISE A
MAXIMUM OFFER, PLIABLE
CRITERIA ARE REQUIRED TO
ENABLE COUNCILS TO ENSURE
SPEND IS MATCHED TO BUDGET
CASE BY CASE
These conditions pertain under
NET. PSSRU found that the NET
criteria resulted in some increase
in consistency amongst care
managers, but this fell short of
being consistent. Further, the
care managers had yet to be
subjected to how their councils
will require them to interpret the
NET.
How the system works
THERE WILL NOT THEREFORE
BE A NATIONAL STANDARD
AND THE POST CODE
LOTTERY WILL PERSIST
BUDGET
11. Deficit-led practice
Service-led practice
Standardisation
of needs
ELIGIBLE
NEEDS
NEEDS
‘LOST TO
THE
SYSTEM’
Henwood and
Hudson
The source of de-
personalisation and poor
value for money
CSCI FINDINGS, 2008
Spending is controlled with
an appearance of equity
and appearance that all
the important needs are
met
Preventive and
wellbeing needs are
not acknowledged
Some needs met
that should not be
Does it matter?
BUDGET
12. Will personal budgets through up
front allocations solve the problem?
› In theory, the answer is yes
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ASSESSMENT
Needs categories and
indicative allocation
(RAS)
SUPPORT
PLANNING
Specific needs and
service requirements
ACTUAL
ALLOCATION
Indicative allocation
merely ‘adjusted’
following SP
13. Will personal budgets through up
front allocations solve the problem?
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• However the theory does not work:
• It is unlawful for councils to offer any less than required to meet
‘eligible’ needs
• It is contrary to the duty of best value to offer more
• This means that the actual allocation cannot be an adjustment of the
up-front allocation, but must work independently from it. Research
shows that the actual allocation differs from the indicative allocation
by a factor of 2.5, both up and down
• Only very small numbers of people have had authentic
personalisation, but this has been based on the 1996 Direct Payments
provisions and is not related to this model
14. Questions/ comments
3. Do you believe your authority should
review:
› The Resource Allocation System you
use
› Whether or not to continue with up-
front allocations
Choose either one or both of the
options on your screen now.
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15. What can councils do?
› The primary legislation – the Care Act and Regulations – does
not make perpetuation of the current system inevitable. It is the
planned interpretation of the legislation through the Guidance
that creates the problem. Whilst not an action to be taken
lightly, a council may buck Government guidance if it believes to
follow it would be detrimental to the community it serves.
› Of particular note:
› The Act introduces personal budgets, but not in the form
practised. They are no more than the financial value of the
services to meet agreed needs – this can only be known
following support planning
› The Act creates two groups of needs – those that are a duty
to meet and those that are a power to meet. This opens the
door to delivering what has been known as the key for two
decades but never delivered – the separation of assessment
from resource allocation 15
16. Separation of assessment and
resource allocation
ELIGIBLE
NEEDS NEEDS A
DUTY TO
MEET
NEEDS
THAT CAN
BE
AFFORDED
NEEDS
THAT
CANNOT
BE
AFFORDED
Needsrequiringpublicfundingto
enableareasonablelevelofwell-
being
NEEDS
LOST TO
THE
SYSTEM
Current system Alternative system
ROBUST CRITERIA
Delivered by a
corporate standard for
‘significant impact on
well-being’, thus
creating an authentic
minimum guarantee
BUDGET BUDGET
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17. Implications of the alternative
system
› It will make person-centred practice possible.
However, it will take practitioners some time to
absorb the implications and learn new skills and
attitudes
› The open acknowledgement of any funding gap
would change the political dynamics, both locally
and nationally. Information can be used to inform
longer term strategic and financial planning
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18. Questions/comments
4. Do you believe this analysis of the
current national situation - whereby
there is inequity and depersonalisation -
is sound?
Choose yes or no on your screen now.
5. If so, do you believe your authority is
an exception?
Choose yes or no on your screen now.
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