DisabilityCare Australia — working with service providers

Working with service providers

A strong, robust disability sector is critical to the success of DisabilityCare Australia. DisabilityCare Australia will work closely with service providers to help them transition to the new way of delivering services. Particular areas of focus will include: capacity building; transition support and change management; workforce planning and development; and support for service quality and innovation.

Transitioning to the new scheme

DisabilityCare Australia will initially draw on services through existing arrangements. When DisabilityCare Australia begins in July 2013, some types of support provided to people with disability will continue to be delivered under existing block grant or case-based funding arrangements.

Over time, as people move to support provided under DisabilityCare Australia in launch regions, and as the scheme becomes national, a number of existing Commonwealth programs will transition either in full or in part to DisabilityCare Australia.

With the help of local area coordinators and sector development funding, DisabilityCare Australia will also support innovation and community capacity building to diversify the supports available to people with disability.