Effectiveness of individual funding approaches for disability support

Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Overview of research methodology
2.1 Literature review and policy analysis
2.2 CSTDA National Minimum Data Set
2.3 Primary data collection
3 Use of individual funding
3.1 Types of individual funding
3.2 Examples of individual funding
3.3 Profile of people who receive individual funding
4 Summary of individual funding by state and territory
4.1 Australian Capital Territory—Disability ACT
4.2 New South Wales—Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
4.3 Northern Territory—Department of Health and Community Services
4.4 Queensland—Disability Services Queensland
4.5 South Australia—Department for Families and Communities
4.6 Tasmania—Department of Health and Human Services
4.7 Victoria—Department of Human Services
4.8 Western Australia
5 Managing effective approaches to individual funding
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Consumer preferences
5.3 Support according to capacity and vulnerability
5.4 Administrative systems for managing support responsibilities
5.5 Viability of the support type and amount of funding
5.6 Workforce and quality of care
5.7 Service integration
5.8 Contextual impact
6 Costs of individual funding
6.1 Cost of individual funding package
6.2 Cost to government
6.3 Costs within the individual funding package
6.4 Other costs not in individual funding package
7 Outcomes
7.1 Personal wellbeing, physical and mental health
7.2 Social relationships and networks
7.3 Community and economic participation
7.4 Control, choice, independence and self-determination
Appendixes
Appendix A: Primary data collection methodology
Appendix B: Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement tables
Appendix C: Fieldwork instruments
Appendix D: New Zealand and Denmark individual funding
Appendix E: Other international individual funding
Appendix F: Definitions
List of shortened forms
Endnotes
References

"This report, by the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), examined the effectiveness of individual funding of disability support and aimed to inform policy to improve the provision of disability support. The study was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). The research methodology included a literature review; secondary data analysis of the Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA) National Minimum Data Set (NMDS); interviews with policy officials from all states and territories; case studies with 10 disability service providers, involving interviews with people with disabilities and staff; and questionnaires for people with disabilities and service providers." - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY