64 organisations will receive grants of up to $30,000 to help them get ready for a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
About
The Australian Government has committed $1 billion in this year’s Budget to support the first stage of a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
From the middle of next year, around 10,000 people with disability, their families and carers will start to benefit from the first stage of the scheme in selected sites around the country.
From the middle of 2014, the scheme will expand to cover around 20,000 people.
This means that for the first time in Australia’s history people with significant and permanent disability will start to receive care and support over their lifetime, regardless of how they acquired their disability.
We know that people with disability, their families and carers have been waiting a long time for change. That’s why we will deliver the first stage a full year ahead of the timetable set out by the Productivity Commission.
We will set up a new National Disability Transition Agency to run the delivery of care and support to people with disability, their families and carers in the select locations.
We are working with the states and territories, who have all agreed they have a shared responsibility for the fundamental reform of disability care and support, to build the foundations for the scheme.
And because people with disability must be at the centre of this reform, we will work closely with them, their families and carers, support workers and service providers to design a National Disability Insurance Scheme that responds to their needs.
Recipients
| Organisation | Grant (exc. GST) |
| The Ascent Group Australia Ltd, Armidale, NSW | $30,000 |
| Blue Mountains Disability Services Limited, Springwood, NSW | $20,331 |
| Caringa Enterprises Ltd, South Grafton, NSW | $20,000 |
| Challenge Tweed Inc, Murwillumbah, NSW | $30,000 |
| Challenge Southern Highlands Inc, Welby, NSW | $12,000 |
| Disability Services Australia Limited, Condell Park, NSW | $30,000 |
| Eurella Community Services Incorporated, Burwood, NSW | $25,000 |
| Glen Industries, Glen Innes, NSW | $29,385 |
| Glenray Industries, Bathurst, NSW | $30,000 |
| Gunnedah Workshop Enterprises Ltd, Gunnedah, NSW | $10,000 |
| Illawarra Disability Trust, Fairy Meadow, NSW | $30,000 |
| Jewish Care, Bondi Junction, NSW | $15,000 |
| Kalianna Enterprises Inc, Albury, NSW | $6,000 |
| Katia Project Inc, Byron Bay, NSW | $5,400 |
| Kurri Kurri Community Centre Incorporated, Kurri Kurri, NSW | $11,880 |
| Lambing Flat Enterprises, Young, NSW | $27,660 |
| Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home, Pymble, NSW | $25,000 |
| Mamre Plains Ltd, St Marys, NSW | $30,000 |
| Ningana Enterprises Inc, Griffith, NSW | $29,850 |
| On Track Community Programs Ltd , Tweed Heads, NSW | $27,274 |
| Silverlea Employment and Training Service Inc, Broken Hill, NSW | $20,021 |
| Slice of Life (Aust.) Pty Limited, North Nowra, NSW | $23,400 |
| The Intellectual Disability Foundation of St George Ltd, Arncliffe, NSW | $30,000 |
| Tulgeen Group, Bega, NSW | $9,630 |
| Wangarang Industries Limited, Orange, NSW | $6,000 |
| Willing and Able Foundation Ltd, Port Macquarie, NSW | $14,400 |
| Windara Communities Limited, Casino, NSW | $14,000 |
| Windgap Foundation Limited, Eastlakes, NSW | $25,121 |
| Yumaro Incorporated, Moruya, NSW | $7,500 |
| Bendigo Access Employment Inc, Bendigo, Vic | $25,000 |
| Colac Adult and Community Education Inc, Colac, Vic | $29,604 |
| Community AXIS Enterprises Inc, Horsham, Vic | $30,000 |
| Connect GV, Shepparton, Vic | $30,000 |
| Creative Opportunities, Brunswick, Vic | $12,500 |
| Knoxbrooke Incorporated, Ferntree Gully, Vic | $26,364 |
| Latrobe Valley Enterprises, Morwell, Vic | $26,850 |
| McCallum Disability Services Inc, Alfredton, Vic | $30,000 |
| Murray Human Services Inc, Echuca, Vic | $14,300 |
| Noweyung Ltd, Bairnsdale, Vic | $30,000 |
| Outlook (Vic) Inc, Packenham, Vic | $27,000 |
| Peter Harcourt Disability Services Limited, Bendigo, Vic | $25,000 |
| St Laurence Community Services Inc, Lara, Vic | $28,500 |
| Vatmi Industries, Kew, Vic | $18,700 |
| VincentCare Victoria, Box Hill, Vic | $30,000 |
| Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland, New Farm, Qld | $30,000 |
| Endeavour Foundation, Cannon Hill, Qld | $30,000 |
| Help Enterprises, Eagle Farms, Qld | $15,000 |
| Horizon Foundation Inc, Capalaba, Qld | $12,000 |
| House with No Steps , Narrabeen, NSW | $29,500 |
| Karakan Hostels, Underwood, Qld | $10,000 |
| Multicap, Eight Mile Plains, Qld | $30,000 |
| Peace Lutheran Church, Gatton, Qld | $27,895 |
| South Burnett CTC Inc, Kingaroy, Qld | $25,000 |
| Barkuma Inc, Adelaide, SA | $30,000 |
| Finding Workable Solutions Inc, Victor Harbor, SA | $25,283 |
| Minda Incorporated, Brighton, SA | $30,000 |
| Orana Inc, Netley, SA | $30,000 |
| Phoenix Society Inc, Torrensville, SA | $10,000 |
| Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide Inc, Adelaide, SA | $30,000 |
| Activ Foundation Inc, Wembley, WA | $19,900 |
| Intework Inc, Osborne, WA | $30,000 |
| Cerebral Palsy Tasmania, New Town, Tas | $30,000 |
| Self Help Workshop Inc, Youngtown, Tas | $30,000 |
| Koomarri, Phillip, ACT | $20,000 |
