Page 3443 - Week 09 - Thursday, 24 August 2017
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(5) All seven of the organisations that received transitional funding are based in the ACT. The ILC grants were administered by the NDIA and the ACT Government is not able to comment on any other organisations that may have applied.
(6) The Commonwealth investment of $2.9 million into ILC brings a new mix of programs that build capacity of people with disability across the board. This is an additional $1.6 million in resources on previous funding for these programs of $1,304,406.
Seven organisations that received ILC transitional funding were unsuccessful in the 2017-18 ILC Jurisdictional Based Grants – ACT. While the NDIA has responsibility for monitoring and addressing any identified gaps in services, the ACT Government will continue to work with the Commonwealth to ensure that important and valued community supports and investments are not lost.
Four ACT organisations which were not successful in the Commonwealth’s first ACT ILC grant were identified for further transitional funding. This funding takes them to 28 February 2018; the organisations were:
o Pegasus Riding for the Disabled
o Technical Aid for the Disabled ACT
o Epilepsy Association ACT
o Radio 1RPH.
The ACT made a small number of Business Investment Package (BIP) allocations available to impacted organisations with non recurrent costs associated with continuing, adjusting or winding up programs. The BIP funding provided small one off grants to affected providers, including Radio 1RPH.
Successful recipients from the ILC funding round offer a broad spectrum of innovative and creative projects including using technology, reaching outside the traditional boundaries of the disability sector and building capacity. More information is available at www.ndis.gov.au/communities/ilc-home.
(7) People with disability can access mobility aids, including custom built and modified aids, via their National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan.
(8) The ACT Government was successful in negotiating with the NDIA to secure additional one-off funding to take Radio 1RPH through to February 2018. This will enable Radio 1RPH to continue to provide services and it is actively seeking to reposition itself to apply for the next ILC funding round, which is due to open in early October 2017. The Office for Disability has facilitated feedback from the NDIA on the last ILC grant round.
Radio 1RPH also received significant assistance from the Royal Society for the Blind to reform its governance and marketing capacity to be better placed under the ILC. This was funded by an NDIS Business Investment Package.
(9) Prior to the ACT’s transition to the NDIS, 64 disability service providers were in contract with the ACT Government at 1 July 2014. This does not include disability services delivered by Disability ACT, the Health Directorate and the Education Directorate. At 31 March 2017, 687 approved providers were registered with the NDIA to provide services in the ACT.
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