Round 1 NDIS Provider Forums

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1 Round 1 NDIS Provider Forums 23 rd February 4 th March am to 12.30pm National Disability Services

2 Agenda 1. Welcome and NDS updates 2. ECIA NSW/ACT Update 3. FACS NDIS Transition Presentation 4. Break 5. NDIA presentation and Q&A 6. NDS Wrap Up

3 NDS National Update

4 Workforce Review of the Modern Award NDS has prepared an Issues Paper Contact Information: Productivity Commission inquiry into the Workplace Relations Framework Found generally Australia s workplace relations system is working well Most attention was to penalty rates Q January to March 2016 Next Data entry period is the last two weeks of April Contact: Adrian.Lui@nds.org.au

5 % of service requests Workforce Trial site provider Barwon: demand by service request metrics 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Service request by duration (% of total) 45% 15% 14% 9% 1% 2% 4% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% Duration of service request (hours)

6 8th March Campbelltown 4th April Parramatta 11th April Hornsby 12th April Maitland Contact:

7 Employment Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) NDS will launch a new campaign that highlights the social and economic benefits of ADEs Disability at Work Conference Call for Papers ends 29 February 2016 Contact: kerrie.langford@nds.org.au

8 Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Commissioning Framework- consultation draft A Framework focused on outcomes and performance measurement. It is anticipated that the Framework will be finalised mid-2016 and that sourcing processes will begin later this year. Questions about the Framework can be found at: : Comments to NDS by 6 April 2016 to: philippa.angley@nds.org.au

9 Spotlight on Housing NDIS 1. Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Pricing and Payments Framework Contact: 2. Request for Information for Innovative Ideas in the Barwon Trial 3. NDS Submission to the Joint Standing Parliamentary Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) on accommodation for people with disability 4. Pricing Review Project Marsden Jacobs Associates

10 NDS NSW Update

11 Social and Affordable Housing in NSW Future Directions in NSW Social Housing includes: 23,500 new and replacement social and affordable housing dwellings; Delivering new mixed communities; large redevelopment projects target a 30:70 ratio of private housing to social housing; Increasing the use of private rental assistance products by 60 per cent; and Transferring management of up to 35 per cent of social housing to community housing providers. $1.1B Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF). Initial delivery of up to 3,000 new social and affordable dwellings Organisations are required to register their interest to participate in the EOI process by 29 February 2016.

12 Industry Development Fund (IDF) Organisation Transition Fund (OTF) Find out more about the OTF tools, resources and project outcomes.

13 Quality Update All ADHC funded service providers are required to undertake Third Party Verification during the term of the current ( ) funding agreement (FA) Lists of third party Verifiers and other supports are available on the IDF website CCSP funded organisations are eligible to receive a one-off subsidy. Applications close 15 May 2016 IDF Quality Supports Project will be closing 30 June 2016 Contact: Angela.Hartingdon@nds.org.au

14 Transition Assistance Program (TAP) The minister announced a $5 million grants program for small rural and remote organisations with an annual turnover of under $3 million Taxi Subsidy NSW As part of the NSW Government's response to Point to Point Transport Taskforce Report on Taxis, Hire Cars and ridesharing in NSW Taxi subsidies will now be doubled in NSW

15 Future Forums/Meetings NDIS Provider Readiness Forums Date Location 24 th May Armidale 25 th May Wyong 26 th May Queanbeyan 27 th May Camden 30 th May Batemans Bay 31 st May Lithgow 1 st June Maitland 2 nd June Blacktown 3 rd June Hornsby NDS Forums Date Location 7 th June Coffs Harbour 8 th June Albury 9 th June Ballina 10 th June Orange

16 NDS Contacts NDS Sector Support Consultants Karen Stace John Carrigan John Kroon Joanne McLean Sarah Morgan Phone number and Where they work Hunter, Lower New England, Lower North Coast, Central Coast, Northern Sydney Western NSW, Murrumbidgee, Far West, Nepean Blue Mountains South Eastern & South Western Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains Mid North Coast, Northern NSW, Upper New England Illawarra Shoalhaven, Southern NSW, Western Sydney, Northern Sydney and Sydney

17 Thank You