Arthur Rogers - Self-directed Funding for People with a Disability – ‘Benefits & Challenges’
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Transcript of Arthur Rogers - Self-directed Funding for People with a Disability – ‘Benefits & Challenges’
Department of Human Services
Victorian Disability Services
Self-directed Funding for People with a Disability – ‘Benefits & Challenges’
Field Seminar
27 November 2009
It’s about transforming livesIt’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
Output2009-10Target
$m
Information, Planning and Capacity Building
94.2
Targeted Services
76.9
Individual Support
532.9
Residential Accommodation Support
584.0
Total 1,287.9
Individually tailored
packages and supports
increasingly important and now represent 41% of budget
(up from 24% in 2002-03)
Self-directed approachesSelf-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 approachesSelf-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 …. Setting the pace ….
Questions?