1. Local Government & NDIS
Opportunities & Challenges
Evie Naufal
Disability Services Consulting

2. I’ve seen the future… and it works Lincoln Steffens 1936
and brother it’s murder Leonard Cohen 1992

3. Number of NDIS Participants
(thousands)
1% GDP

4. $ 1. Individualised plans & payment Person with Government
chooses
service
give
service $
Person with
disability
Government
Service Provider

5. 2. National funding based on insurance principles
Insurance principles will funnel more money into what works and reduces lifetime costs

6. 3. Double the funding
Funding for disability services grows from $11b to $22.2b
Capped prices

7. Current supply vs estimated demand
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Current supply vs estimated demand

8. NDIS
$22 billion
ILC & LAC
$682 million

9. ILC Grants Local Area Coordination $550 million $132 million
includes Planning
$550 million
Funded by the Partners in the Community Program (not ILC)
ILC Grants
National & Jurisdictional
$132 million
Funded by the Community Inclusion and Capacity Development (CICD) Program

10. Funding for ILC 80% of LAC time is now allocated to Planning
The original Productivity Commission research recommended:
Around $200 million pa for capacity building (ILC?)
$550 million for Local Area Coordination
80% of LAC time is now allocated to Planning
Cost review may recommend increased ILC spend??

11. National & Jurisdictional
“Currently only $132m has been allocated to the ILC. This is not sufficient… one of the key foundations on which the NDIS is being built is weak”.
Bruce Bonyhady,
outgoing NDIA Chair
ILC Grants
National & Jurisdictional
$132 million
ILC
$682 million

12. 4 ILC Activity Areas Information, Linkages & Referrals
Community Awareness & Capacity Building
Individual
Capacity Building
Mainstream Capacity Building
Activities that provide people with disability and their families and carers with access to up-to-date, relevant and quality information and/or make sure they are linked into services and supports in the community that meet their needs.
Activities that increase mainstream services knowledge and skills to meet the needs of people with disability.
Activities that will help community activities and programs understand the needs of people with disability and have the skills and knowledge they need to be more inclusive.
Activities that help people with disability to have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to set and achieve their goals. People who do not have an NDIS plan will be prioritised in this area.

13. Timeline
January 2017
Application Pack released (includes Funding Round Summary)
Grant round opens 24 January
February 2017
Further ACT information session
March 2017
Grant rounds close 8 March
May 2017
Applicants advised of outcomes
July 2017
Funding flows

14. Jurisdictional Grants: Timing
One funding round per year. Commencement dates:
ACT: 1 July 2017
SA & NSW: 1 July 2018
VIC, QLD, TAS & NT: 1 July 2019
WA: TBA

15. I’ve seen the future Its chaos for quite a while
Clients become customers (but need your support)
RIP bureaucratic management
Autonomous frontline staff
Microbusiness Vs Big Business
Sensational software
Underutilised infrastructure utilised (can you help?)
Current disability org’s dead or radically different

16. I’ve seen the future of Local Government and disability, and so have you…
Most NDIA prices unviable for LGA wages & overheads
Lots of slow bleed
Smart ones jump out of service provision early, and
Focus on enhancing local outcomes:
Coordination
Networking
Infrastructure support
SDA Housing: planning & support
Advocacy

17. Collaboration between LAC & LGAs
LAC and Local Governments can collaborate on:
Area-based planning
Disability related, service and infrastructure mapping
Sharing information & learning
Community education and awareness
LGA Disability Advisory Committees/Networks
Coordinating established networks
Establishing complementary referral processes

18. Where to from here? Chaos should not be blamed on Local Government
Disability sector engagement
Community engagement
Communications plan incl- local NDIS education
Collaboration with LACs

19. Wait and see
is not a strategy