Do you know anyone with a disability?

WINNUNGA NIMMITYJAH
ABORIGINAL HEALTH CLINIC/HEALTH SERVICE
(ACT) INC. - ABN 33 612 033 770

Do you know anyone with a disability, or a family caring for someone with
disabilities who could benefit from a grant of up to $12,000?

Winnunga is working together with Disability ACT to ensure Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities and/or families caring for
people with disabilities do not miss out on getting applications in to the
Enhanced Service Offer package grants.
Planners (people who help filling out the application forms with you) from
Disability ACT will be coming to Winnunga (9.30am to 5pm) on:

Thursday 25 July

Wednesday 31 July

Wednesday 7 August

If you can think of something which would make a difference, such as
equipment/modifications to a home, taking a holiday, flexible supports and
services to meet needs and provide a break for carers - or anything else you
think of that would be of benefit, please contact Ann-Maree in the Winnunga
Social Health Team on 6284 6222 or email
ann-maree.delboux@winnunga.org.au<mailto:ann-maree.delboux@winnunga.org.au>
to book in a time to meet with a planner.

Appointments are free and go for approximately 90 minutes.

We look forward to hearing from you!


Below is some more information about the grants What is the Enhanced Service
Offer?
The Enhanced Service Offer is a package of one off grants (totalling $7.7
million) that will assist the ACT to transition to Disability Care (the new
name for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) when it is launched in
the ACT in July 2014. Under the ESO, people with disability (or their parent
or guardian) can apply for funding through a grants process. Successful
applicants will have funding paid directly to them to purchase the supports
and services they need.

What kind of grants are available?
There are three kinds of grants, and each has a different purpose (you can
apply for more than one category):
* Aids, Equipment and Minor Modifications to a home (funding up to $10,000)
* Quality of Life for one off items and supports (funding up to $5,000)
* Grants to purchase flexible supports and services to meet needs and
provide a break for a carer (funding up to $12,000)

What are the eligibility requirements?
Applicants must:
*be under 65 years on 1 July 2013
*live in the ACT and be able to provide evidence of this (ie.
electricity/gas/water account, licence, bank statement or a Centrelink
statement)
* be an Australian citizen or the holder of a permanent visa *have a
disability that is attributed to intellectual, cognitive, neurological,
sensory or physical impairments or to a psychiatric condition.

How is 'disability' defined?
People must have a disability that is attributable to one or more
intellectual, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairments or to
one or more impairments attributable to a psychiatric condition;
* the impairment or impairments are, or are likely to be, permanent; and the
impairment or impairments result in substantially reduced functional
capacity to undertake, or psychosocial functioning in undertaking, one or
more of the following activities:
communication, social interaction, learning, mobility, self-care,
self-management; and the impairment or impairments affect someone's capacity
for social and economic participation.
*support needs in relation to the impairment or impairments are likely to
continue through a person's lifetime.