Home & Living: June Update
For the NDIS H&L geeks out there, here it is, our first Home & Living monthly update.
By Todd Winther
Jun 25, 2021Article updated Apr 15, 2024.
Welcome to Team DSC’s first Home and Living update. Here’s your monthly look at what’s going on.
Quarterly reports
Data nerds rejoice! As mentioned in this month’s feature article, “SDA: Location as First Consideration,” the NDIA has released its quarterly report, and it is full of Home and Living content.
Broad trends of the report include:
A focus on SDA approvals in regional and rural areas
An increase in SIL funding overall, but the numbers indicate that these increases are steadily slowing down
Note the language on page 20 of the full report that explicitly shows why Independent Living Options (ILOs) may be the Agency’s preferred method of in-home funding going forward
Price guide
The NDIA has just announced changes in SDA prices that include alterations to the maximum rent contribution that participants can make. The Agency has also introduced an online calculator so participants and service providers can understand how these changes impact an individual plan. Additionally, the new price guide comprises an update to the disability support worker cost model to include superannuation contributions.
ILOs
A few weeks ago, Team DSC’s ILO guru Leighton explored the new ILO guidelines. ILOs are relatively new for those who live on the eastern seaboard, so be sure to check in with the Agency’s ILO page and this newsletter for the latest information on this growing stream of funding.
More to come
It promises to be a hectic second half of the year in the Home and Living area. As Brent suggested this week, the Home and Living market is changing rapidly, with trends suggesting that further changes are coming. The forthcoming Home and Living Consultation Paper, which was due a few weeks ago, will be particularly crucial in that it will provide an opportunity for all stakeholders to submit feedback to the NDIA. Visit our website to receive all the latest information as soon as it becomes available.
Feel free to forward and share this newsletter with any of your contacts and stakeholders.
Authors
Todd is a political nerd with an academic background in political leadership, party politics, and disability policy who has taught these subjects at multiple universities. He is also an NDIS Participant who has a severe form of Cerebral Palsy. Todd combines these two seemingly different interests to bring a wide variety of experiences to Team DSC. His writing has been published in academic journals, The Conversation and the ABC. He has also worked for NGOs in the Home and Living sector, working directly with other individual participants to help fill funding gaps. Todd has a deep passion for political history and sorting through electoral redistributions (He really does! Ask his wife). Todd also spends his free time reading multiple books simultaneously, following the mighty Port Adelaide Power, and assessing the plausibility of plots on too many TV teen dramas
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