The first stage of a National Disability Insurance Scheme will be launched in South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT, the Hunter in NSW and the Barwon area of Victoria. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency has started working with state and territory governments in launch sites on ways that the NDIS can make sure that Indigenous people with disability will get the supports they need. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency will do this by: working with local communities to understand the best ways that Indigenous people with disability can get the supports that they need employing Indigenous local area coordinators, where possible training area coordinators and assessors in the best ways to work with Indigenous people with disability, their families and carers and Indigenous communities ensuring that Indigenous people with disability and their families, carers and communities are aware of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the supports available under the scheme. Stakeholder participation Governments have also been consulting extensively on the design and implementation of the first stage of a National Disability Insurance Scheme, including engagement with people with disability, families, carers, disability services, and the community. A number of mechanisms have been established to capture the views of stakeholders to feed into the design and implementation of a National Disability Insurance Scheme. These include: The Commonwealth National Disability Insurance Scheme to provide independent advice to the Select Council on Disability Reform and to provide specialist advice to government on the overall design of a National Disability Insurance Scheme and its launch. The Advisory Group is undertaking online engagement Say’ forums to enable ‘Your two way conversations with all stakeholders, including people with disability, their families and carers, the disability sector, advocacy groups and experts, and elicit feedback on key policy issues. State and Territory National Disability Insurance Scheme reference or advisory groups which include: Victorian National Disability Insurance Scheme Taskforce Queensland Disability Advisory Council and Disability Services Partnership Forum South Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme Taskforce and Minister’s Disability Advisory Council New South Wales Disability Council Tasmanian Working
The first stage of a National Disability Insurance Scheme will be launched in South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT, the Hunter in NSW and the Barwon area of Victoria. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency has started working with state and territory governments in launch sites on ways that the NDIS can make sure that Indigenous people with disability will get the supports they need. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency will do this by: working with local communities to understand the best ways that Indigenous people with disability can get the supports that they need employing Indigenous local area coordinators, where possible training area coordinators and assessors in the best ways to work with Indigenous people with disability, their families and carers and Indigenous communities ensuring that Indigenous people with disability and their families, carers and communities are aware of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the supports available under the scheme. Stakeholder participation Governments have also been consulting extensively on the design and implementation of the first stage of a National Disability Insurance Scheme, including engagement with people with disability, families, carers, disability services, and the community. A number of mechanisms have been established to capture the views of stakeholders to feed into the design and implementation of a National Disability Insurance Scheme. These include: The Commonwealth National Disability Insurance Scheme to provide independent advice to the Select Council on Disability Reform and to provide specialist advice to government on the overall design of a National Disability Insurance Scheme and its launch. The Advisory Group is undertaking online engagement ‘Your Say’ forums to enable two way conversations with all stakeholders, including people with disability, their families and carers, the disability sector, advocacy groups and experts, and elicit feedback on key policy issues. State and Territory National Disability Insurance Scheme reference or advisory groups which include: Victorian National Disability Insurance Scheme Taskforce Queensland Disability Advisory Council and Disability Services Partnership Forum South Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme Taskforce and Minister’s Disability Advisory Council New South Wales Disability Council Tasmanian Working
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