What are direct payments? a person with a disability (adult) and a nominated person Direct payments is one of the funding the parent of a trial with a disability, administration arrangements available to guardian, administrator, power of people with a disability to manage their attorney or other nominated person Individual Support Package (ISP). With direct payments, the funding is two nominated people, such as the transferred directly to the person to parents of a person with a disability purchase supports in line with their a young person with a disability aged funding plan. 16-17 years of age and a parent or guardian. Other funding administration arrangements available are: Whether or not direct payments is the a financial intermediary service: right funding administration arrangement funding is placed with the for a person will depend on their intermediary to administer at the circumstances and needs. The Department direction of the person. A statewide of Human Services (the department) may financial intermediary service will be not allow someone to use direct payments available from July 2010. if the person with a disability or their nominated representative does not seem funding a disability service provider to understand their funding plan, the deed through a service agreement, where or the choices they face when they are the disability service provider provides supported to understand them. the majority of support services to the person Where there are two nominated direct a combination of the above options. payments users, the ISP funding proposal must identify who the primary direct Who can be a direct payments payments user is. The primary direct user? payments user is then the primary contact A direct payments user can be: for the department. a person with a disability (adult)
What are direct payments? Direct payments is one of the funding administration arrangements available to people with a disability to manage their Individual Support Package (ISP). With direct payments, the funding is transferred directly to the person to purchase supports in line with their funding plan. Other funding administration arrangements available are: a financial intermediary service: funding is placed with the intermediary to administer at the direction of the person. A statewide financial intermediary service will be available from July 2010. funding a disability service provider through a service agreement, where the disability service provider provides the majority of support services to the person a combination of the above options. Who can be a direct payments user? A direct payments user can be: a person with a disability (adult) a person with a disability (adult) and a nominated person the parent of a with a disability, guardian, administrator, power of attorney or other nominated person two nominated people, such as the parents of a person with a disability a young person with a disability aged 16-17 years of age and a parent or guardian. Whether or not direct payments is the right funding administration arrangement for a person will depend on their circumstances and needs. The Department of Human Services (the department) may not allow someone to use direct payments if the person with a disability or their nominated representative does not seem to understand their funding plan, the deed or the choices they face when they are supported to understand them. Where there are two nominated direct payments users, the ISP funding proposal must identify who the primary direct payments user is. The primary direct payments user is then the primary contact for the department. trial