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11 July 2008
2 July 2008 Notice of Annual Meeting - 27 August 2008 The NDS ACT Annual Meeting will be held on 27 August 2008 at National Disability Services, 33 Thesiger Ct, Deakin, ACT commencing at 12.30. Click here to read more...
26 June 2008 NDS ACT Members Consultation Meeting – Thursday 3 July, 2008 NDS ACT Members are invited to join the ACT Committee to discuss and collate feedback on the two recently released documents. Click here to read more...
17 June 2008 Nominations sought for City Access Reference Group NDS ACT, in conjunction with the Access City Hotline (through the Citizens Advice Bureau), is seeking nominations from people interested in joining the newly reconstituted City Access Reference Group. Click here to read more...
10 June 2008
8 May 2008 ACT Disability Strategic Governance Group The ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services has called for expressions of interest from concerned people to fill the two vacancies in the ACT Disability Strategic Governance Group. Click here to read more...
7 May 2008 Nothing in ACT Budget for Disability Services Although described by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope as a budget to prepare us for the future, the 2008 ACT Budget contains no new funding for disability services to address identified unmet needs. Click here to read more...
2 May 2008
23 April 2008 Disability ACT seeks tenders for additional respite hours Disability ACT is seeking to purchase an additional 700 nights per year of out-of-home respite for adults and young children with intellectual and physical disabilities. Click here to read more...
28 March 2008
27 March 2008 NDS ACT receives grants to progress the “Strengthening the Sector” Project NDS ACT is pleased to announce that it has been allocated grants totaling $100,000 to further develop the recommendations made by Ray Bennett in his report entitled “Strengthening the Sector”. Click here to read more...
Review of 2004-07 Action Plan for Accessible Public Transport in the ACT Announced NDS ACT has been asked to participate in the upcoming review of the 2004-07 Action Plan for Accessible Public Transport in the ACT. Click here to read more...
19 February 2008 Adult Literacy Consultations with Disability Service Providers ACTCOSS is seeking assistance from ACT disability service providers for its Adult Literacy Project. Click here to read more...
15 February 2008
14 February 2008 Comment sought on Pricing Principles The Joint Community Government Reference Group (JCGRG) is seeking comments on a discussion paper entitled Pricing Principles for Community Services in the ACT. Click here to read more...
18 December 2007
17 December 2007 Extension of interim funding arrangements for Service Funding Agreements Disability ACT has announced that it will shortly be contacting funded agencies to seek a further three-month extension of the interim funding arrangements currently in place. Click here to read more...
Advance notice of consultation on pricing principles NDS is alerting members to a community-wide consultation process that is to commence early in the New Year. Click here to read more...
22 November 2007 ACT representative sought for National Committee on Business Services NDS ACT is inviting Expressions of Interest from people wishing to join the National Committee on Business Services. Click here to read more...
20 November 2007 NDS submission identifies key pressures on accommodation support providers NDS ACT has written to Disability ACT urging it to take action to rectify inadequacies in the current supported accommodation arrangements. Click here to read more...
13 November 2007
5 October 2007
September 2007 NDS ACT Budget Submission 2008-09
17 September 2007 ACT representative sought for National Social Participation Committee NDS ACT is inviting Expressions of Interest from people wishing to be on the National Social Participation Committee. Click here to read more...
ACT representative sought for National Accommodation Committee NDS ACT is inviting Expressions of Interest from people wishing to be on the National Accommodation Committee. Click here to read more...
11 September 2007 DHCS seeking input into Review of ACT Government Concessions The Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services is seeking written submissions into the Review of ACT Government Concessions. Click here to read more...
27 August 2007 Applications for 2007/2008 Disability Support Funding People who have a disability and who are between the ages of 16 and 65, and families who are caring for them, are invited to apply for support funding to...click here to read more.
Disability Sector Consultation for 2008-09 ACT Budget The ACT Treasurer has called for submissions to the ACT Budget 2008-09 by 28 September 2007. This is significantly earlier than the usual November deadline. Click here to read more...
23 August 2007
9 August 2007 Disability Sector budget detail now available Further to the ACT budget initiatives reported by NDS ACT in the News Update of 7 June 2007, Disability ACT advises that a ‘Question and Answer’ article has been included on its web page. Click here to read more...
9 July 2007 Applications invited for Quality Of Life Grants Disability ACT is calling for applications under the Quality of Life funding program. Click here to read more...
22 June 2007
21 June 2007 “Strengthening the Sector” - Report for NDS ACT May 2007
8 June 2007 EOI - Younger People in Residential Aged Care Disability ACT has called for expressions of interest from eligible people to become involved in Phase One of its Younger People in Residential Aged Care Project. Click here to read more...
7 June 2007 ACT Budget delivers for the disability Sector NDS ACT welcomes the ACT Budget announcement of an additional $15.8 million for disability services over the next 4 years. Click here to read more...
5 June 2007 Consultation on Disability ACT’s Workforce Strategy Report Disability ACT has released its draft report “A Disability Workforce Strategy for the ACT Disability Sector” for consultation. Click here to read more...
31 May 2007 Chief Executive, DHCS, to meet with NDS Members in open forum The Chief Executive of the ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, Sandra Lambert, will meet with NDS Members’ Board representatives and staff in an open forum 12.30 - 2.00pm on 24 July 2007. Click here to read more...
18 May 2007
17 May 2007 ACT representative sought for National Ageing & Disability Committee NDS ACT is inviting Expressions of Interest from people wishing to be on the National Ageing and Disability Committee. Click here to read more...
7 May 2007 Tenders sought to transfer the aCe Program to the Community SectorFollowing a landmark decision to transfer the aCe (Advancing Competencies through Experience) Program to the community sector, the ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services has now called for tenders to establish a transition process for the Program. Click here to read more...
27 March 2007 NDS ACT commissions new ‘Strengthening the Sector’ project In 2006, NDS ACT commissioned an infrastructure review, the Bennett Report, which made recommendations relating to many funding and cost issues facing the disability sector. Click here to read more...
23 March 2007
2 March 2007 Future Directions Consultation The ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services is seeking input on the progress-to-date of the implementation of Future Directions: A framework for the ACT 2004-2008. Click here to read more...
1 March 2007 Wheelchair Accessible Taxi (WAT) Focus Group The ACT Government’s Territory and Municipal Services is conducting focus groups with users of WATs to assess their satisfaction levels with the current service. Click here to read more...
27 February 2007 Disability ACT to Meet with Sector Representatives on ISP Policy Concerns Acting Executive Director of Disability ACT, Frank Duggan, will meet this Wednesday with representatives from the sector to discuss proposed changes to the department’s ISP Policy (November 2006). Click here to read more...
13 March 2006 Infrastructure Costs Report ACROD ACT Division is pleased to release the report commissioned from Ray Bennett of Com Management titled “Securing the Future-A report on infrastructure and other costs of providing services to people with disabilities in the ACT”. Read more...
10 February 2006 2005/2006 ACT Government Indexation ACROD ACT has been informed that Disability ACT is planning to release the 2005/2006 indexation payments with the fourth quarter payments in March 2006. Variations to contracts to include this payment are currently being prepared. Read more...
31 January 2006 Individual Support Packages For the past 18 months ACROD ACT has been representing its members on the Disability ACT Individual Support Packages Reference Group. Read more...
9 January 2006 ACT Human Rights Office Disability Discrimination Complaints 13 out of a total 98 complaints made to the ACT Human Rights Office in 2004-2005 were on the grounds of disability discrimination, according to the ACT Human Rights Office 04/05 Annual Report. Read more...
19 December 2005 ACT Children and Young People Law Reform The ACT Chief Minister, John Stanhope, has introduced amendments to the Children and Young Persons Act 1999 to the Legislative Assembly. Read more...
8 December 2005 Avian FluACROD ACT has recently been making inquiries regarding the plans that have been put in place to cope with the possibility of an avian flu outbreak in the ACT and in particular whether people with disabilities would have priority in any vaccination program. Read more...
1 December 2005 ACROD lodges its pre-budget Submission to the ACT Government In response to a request from the ACT Treasurer at the beginning of November, ACROD ACT has made a submission to the 2006/07 ACT Government Budget process. Read more...
NSW Government releases Accommodation and Support Paper The New South Wales Minister for Disability Services has just released a draft paper outlining its ideas for a new support and accommodation system for people with disabilities. Read more...
9 November 2005 IT Assistance to Community Organisations The Minister for Disability Housing and Community Services has announced the commencement of a pilot IT Help Desk for community services in the ACT. Read more...
Special Education Advisory Group Sue Healy, Vice Chair ACROD ACT, is ACROD ACT’s representative on the ACT Department of Education and Training’s (DET) Special Education Reference Group. Read more...
14 October 2005 Companion Card Over the past year ACROD ACT has been actively involved in promoting the introduction of a Companion Card in the ACT. Read more...
18 August 2005 New Griffin Centre nearly ready for tenants Tenants are due to move into the new Griffin Centre at the beginning of September but ACROD members report that it has not been plain sailing. Read more...
26 July 2005 Implementation of Future DirectionsFollowing community consultation, Disability ACT has announced the structure for the implementation of ‘Future Directions 2004-2008’, the Department’s four-year strategic framework launched in September 2004. Read more...
14 July 2005 Community Sector Taskforce is launched The Minister of Industrial Relations, Ms Katy Gallagher MLA officially launched the Community Sector Taskforce on 22 June 2005. Read more...
13 July 2005 The Community Partnerships ProgramThe Community Partnerships Program is a Department of Urban Services initiative, which provides short-term funding to projects that complement DUS’ core business, build partnerships between DUS and the community and contribute towards achieving the Governments vision of a strong inclusive community. For further information on the program click here.
14 June 2005 Intensive Treatment and Support Program – details One of the ACT Government’s 2004/05 Budget initiatives was to develop a new program for people with dual mental health and intellectual disabilities. $3.5million over 4 years was appropriated for this purpose. Read more...
17 May 2005 Government must develop a plan, ACROD tells Budget Estimates CommitteeThe Executive Officer and Chairperson of ACROD ACT Division appeared before the ACT Government Select Committee on Budget Estimates 2005 -2006, yesterday, 16 May 2005. Read more...
11 May 2005 Does your funding contract require renegotiation? As you are aware, the Department of Health and Community Services is contacting some Organisations to renegotiate three year funding agreements that expire in June 2005. Read more...
4 May 2005 ACT Budget provides $7.4 M extra funding for Disability Services The ACT Government’s 2005/2006 was a tough one all round with householders’ rates bills being the worst hit. Fortunately, Community Sector funding was quarantined from any cuts and Disability Services was one of the very few portfolios that received an increase in funding - $7.4 million over four years. Read more...
6 April 2005 ACROD urges Minister Hargreaves to address Unmet NeedThe high level of unmet need for disability services, as demonstrated by the recent public meeting held by the Client Guardian Forum at ACROD House, was at the forefront of ACROD’s recent discussions with ACT Minister John Hargreaves. Read more...
Concerns raised about Baseline Quality Standard AssessmentFurther to the information workshops held to inform Disability ACT funded service providers of the proposed Quality Standards assessment process, ACROD ACT Division wrote to the Executive Director of Disability ACT, Lois Ford, expressing a number of concerns. Read more...
23 March 2005 Consultation on Poverty The ACT Community Inclusion Board will hold a consultation workshop on ‘poverty proofing’ in mid-April. Read more...
15 March 2005
11 March 2005 ACT Disability Standards Many ACT Division members will have attended the Disability Standards Baseline Assessment Workshops facilitated by Lyla Rogan for Disability ACT last week. Read more...
Minister releases ACT Suicide Prevention Strategy for Comment The ACT Minister for Health has just released the draft of a suicide prevention strategy for the ACT which encourages a whole of community approach to developing the strategy. Read more...
4 March 2005 ACROD ACT Division Second Bi-Monthly Meeting On 24 February, ACROD ACT Division held the second of its Bi-Monthly meetings and was attend by over 30% of ACT members. Read more...
ACROD ACT Division Meeting with ACT Minister Hargreaves Political AdvisorACROD ACT’s EO and Vice Chairperson, Susan Healy, met with Ian McNeill on Friday 4 March to discuss the ACROD Submission to the ACT Government 2005-2006 Budget process. Read more...
Department of Disability Housing and Community Services – Community Participation Payment Policy The Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services has developed a Community Participation Payment Policy. Read more...
23 February 2005 Emergency Care for Mental Health Clients Mr Simon Corbell, ACT Minister for Health announced the release of the proposed amendments to the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994. Read more...
22 February 2005 ACROD News Update: Call for Grant Applications; ACT Community; Tenders; Meetings; and New Addresses
8 February 2005 ACT Division - Submission to the ACT Government on the 2005/06 Budget Consultation
25 January 2005 Local Area Coordination Consultation You will have by now received the Disability ACT Discussion Paper on the implementation of the Local Area Coordination Program in the ACT. More.
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