The Queensland Government has launched a call for
applications for the Queensland Disability Advocacy Program to organisations to
deliver individual advocacy services to Queenslanders with disability, their
family members and carers that supports them to safeguard their rights,
experience equality and overcome barriers that can affect their ability to participate
in the community and access services.
This includes assisting and supporting people with
disability:
- in understanding their
rights
- in navigating the National
Disability Insurance Scheme and other mainstream services
- in addressing gaps in
support
- to address discrimination,
conflict, and unfair treatment
- to make informed
decisions
- to build capacity to advocate
for themselves
- ensure their fundamental needs
are being met
- through legal matters
- with information and referral
to disability to support services, and
- in highlighting special needs
arising during active disaster events, including natural disasters and
pandemic related lockdowns or other public health related restrictions.
Disability advocacy services provide supports to
people with disability to safeguard their rights, experience equality and
overcome barriers that can affect their ability to access services and
participate in the community.
Queensland Disability Advocacy Program grants
are available for organisations to deliver:
- the first-ever centralised
Queensland Disability Advocacy Hub, which will have an important
leadership role for advocacy state-wide, including establishing the
Queensland Disability Advocacy Network and identifying and escalating
systemic issues
- specialist services providing
individual advocacy support for First Nations people with disability;
people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds; and children and young people with disability aged up to 18
years
- regional individual advocacy
support to people with disability across the state on an individual basis.
Funding Information
A total of $5.9 million (GST exclusive) will be
made available through an open grants round for Queensland based organisations
to deliver disability advocacy services from 1 January 2022 to June 2023.
Target Group/Service Users
Queensland Disability Advocacy Program grants
will be used to support all Queenlanders with disability across all disability
types, including but not limited to:
- People with disability in rural
and remote areas of Queensland
- First Nations people with
disability
- People with disability from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Younger people
withldisabifity
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply your organisation
must:
- have experience in providing
advocacy services in Queensland for at least 12 months
- be able to demonstrate
compliance with relevant requirements of the Disability Services Act 2006,
including worker screening requirements
- be a registered busines and
have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have operations or deliver
services in Queensland
- be registered for the purposes
of GST, and
- hold public liability insurance
to the value of not less than $10 million, or provide evidence of plans to
obtain insurance to the value of not less than $10 million to cover the
proposed project, and
- be one of the following entity
types:
- a company incorporated in
Australia
- a company incorporated by
guarantee
- an incorporated trustee on
behalf of a trust
- an incorporated
association
- a partnership
- an entity auspiced by an
eligible organistion
- a registered charity or
not-for-profit organisation
- local government body
- a consortium.
Post Date - 06-Jul-2021