Page 871 - Week 02 - Thursday, 10 March 2011
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Quality of Life Grants
A Quality of Life application process commenced on 6 June 2009 and closed on 17 July 2009. Disability ACT received 211 applications at a total of $720, 000. An eight member assessment panel was appointed including representatives from community agencies, parent and carer groups and people with disability. Out of this process, 87 Quality of Life grants were awarded to individuals totalling $301, 815.
Innovation Grants
An Innovation Grant process commenced in November 2009 and closed on 16 December 2009. An information session was held on 18 November 2009 and interested organisations across the ACT were invited to submit proposals. An assessment panel was set up comprised of Disability ACT staff and community representatives. A total of 33 applications were received to the value of $798, 965.There were 10 Innovation grants awarded to organisations and individuals to the amount of $192, 567.
The 2009-10 Annual report for the Department of Disability Housing and Community Services (Volume 2, pp 285-286) outlines the recipients, the purpose for which the grant was made and the amount funded.
b) Between the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, a Grant application process was commenced on 26 June 2010 and closed on 30 July 2010. Disability ACT received 259 applications for Quality of Life Grants to the value of $852, 981 and 33 Innovation Grant applications to the value of $1.182 million.
Quality of Life Grants
Due to the large number of Quality of Life applications, a nine member assessment panel was appointed including representatives from community agencies, parent and carer groups and people with disability.
Half of the funding for the Quality of Life Grants was set aside for equipment including wheelchairs, motor vehicles, hearing aids, bicycles and hoists. Other items and services that were funded included communication software such as iPods and support services.
119 applications for Quality of Life Grants were allocated to a total of $317, 000.
Innovation Grants
Innovation Grants up to a maximum of $50 000 each were available for individuals and organisations to support once-off strategic projects or initiatives that seek to do things differently for vulnerable people, including those with disabilities. A panel comprising Disability ACT staff and community representatives assessed the applications. As at 31 December 2010, seven applications were funded at a cost of $191,961.
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a) It is anticipated that the next Grant process for the Fund will commence in or around June 2011 for 2011-12.
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