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Disability Services Advisory Committee, and this committee will be asked to consider a number of priority issues, including means of obtaining data necessary for planning purposes.
My department's intellectual disability services area currently collects manual data on the numbers of clients with intellectual disabilities. Work is proceeding this financial year to develop a more comprehensive automated data collection on clients of this service.
2. PLANNING BY ACT AND COORDINATION WITH COMMONWEALTH
(a) Last financial year, my department's intellectual disability services area established an Intellectual Disability Advisory Committee, the members of which include representatives of the Commonwealth Government and the non-government sector, to advise on service planning in the ACT for people with intellectual disabilities.
(b) As noted above, an ACT Disability Services Advisory Committee is soon to be established, with functions centred on planning and optimising service provision for all people with disabilities in the ACT. It is expected that these two committees will work in close cooperation.
3. SERVICES FOR GRADUATES FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS
The Commonwealth Government, through the Disability Services Act 1986, is the major funding body for employment and day activity programs/services for people with disabilities.
However, there are additional ACT programs funded jointly by my department and the Commonwealth, including "Sharing Places", a day program for school leavers with severe and profound disabilities.
4. NEW SERVICES TO OPEN IN 1990
Disability services priorities and other priorities in the health and welfare areas were announced in the recent ACT budget. This Government consulted the community before taking final decisions. A major new initiative in the disability area was the establishment of a group house at North Lyneham.
Commonwealth initiatives, and joint Commonwealth-ACT initiatives, through the home and community care (HACC) program, have also been announced. These include "Sharing Places" as mentioned above and the community options program.
Community options is an exciting new service, funded under the Commonwealth's HACC unmatched money program,
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