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Last published 13 Dec 2021
Disability Advocacy Futures Program
Last published 13 Dec 2021
In his report on disability advocacy funding in NSW, the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner, Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, recommended a renewed program of disability advocacy funding for the NSW Government under the Disability Advocacy Futures Program (DAFP).
Starting from 1 January 2022, the DAFP will support the approximately 1.4 million people living with disability in NSW to access NSW Government funded and delivered services.
The DAFP includes three core advocacy services:
- Individual Disability Advocacy to assist individuals to access services and supports. This includes statewide services for Legal, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and culturally and linguistically diverse disability advocacy, as well as location-based services.
- Systemic Disability Advocacy to address systemic issues affecting people with disability or particular groups of people with disability.
- Representative Disability Advocacy - membership organisations run by or on behalf of people with particular disabilities.
DAFP service providers
Individual Disability Advocacy
Legal disability advocacy | Intellectual Disability Rights Service |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) Ltd |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse | Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW |
Southern NSW, Illawarra Shoalhaven and Murrumbidgee | ACT Disability, Aged Carer Advocacy Service Limited |
Northern Sydney and Central Coast | Action for People with Disability Inc |
Hunter New England, Northern NSW and Mid North Coast | Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated |
Western and Far West NSW | Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated |
Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains | Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated |
Sydney and South Eastern Sydney | People with Disability Australia Incorporated |
South Western Sydney | People with Disability Australia Incorporated |
Systemic Disability Advocacy
All Disabilities | People with Disability Australia Incorporated |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) Ltd |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse | Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW |
Intellectual Disability | NSW Council for Intellectual Disability |
Physical Disability | The Physical Disability Council of NSW Inc |
Psychosocial Disability | To be confirmed |
Families and Carers | To be confirmed |
Representative Disability Advocacy
- Blind Citizens Australia
- Deaf Services Limited
- Down Syndrome Association of NSW Inc
- Motor Neurone Disease NSW Ltd
- Muscular Dystrophy NSW Ltd
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia Limited
- Stroke Recovery Association NSW
- Synapse Australia Ltd
- The Institute for Family Advocacy & Leadership Development
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Last updated: 13 Dec 2021