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National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers
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FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORM
10 Big Changes for
Parents, Families and Carers
The National Federation of Parents,
Families and Carers is calling for:
Leadership
1. A Royal Commission of Enquiry into the form and extent of system failure and
unmet need in the human services for children and adults with complex issues and
conditions across the fields of early childhood development; education;
disability; mental illness; learning, developmental and behavioural challenges;
chronic and acute illness; and aged care.
2. A declaration of "National Emergency" in relation to the crisis in families
with ageing carers.
3. A major audit by the Productivity Commission of the financial cost of
duplication, inefficiency and waste in government departments in the human
services due to federal-state divisions, silo-centred delivery systems, and
professional disciplinary demarcations.
Choice and Accountability
4. Establishment of a national network of One-Stop-Shop Information Services,
independent of governments and service providers, to provide access information,
comparative service quality information, and comparative price data to families
on support services, health services, schools, child care, accommodation
services, respite services, and practitioners.
Family Accounts
5. Establishment of an Office of Family Accounts in the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet to introduce mechanisms for consolidating money from
various funding streams and programs in Family Accounts held on behalf of
families to purchase personalised services for their family members.
6. A requirement that all federally funded services introduce a "per person"
unit cost for their services so that eligible families may draw down their "per
person" allocations and consolidate them in their Family Account.
Consolidated Child Care Payment
7. An overhaul of funding arrangements in early childhood services, child care,
primary school education, and before and after-school care, to consolidate
resources in a single payment attached to each child (adjusted with a
needs-based rating), allocated directly to parents through their Family Account.
Person-Centred Information Record
8. Major investment in an IT-based Person-Centred Information Record for
children and adults with complex issues and conditions, with legislative
recognition of parents as the authorised gatekeepers of this information record
for children, whose consent is required by providers and practitioners to access
it.
Respite
9. Introduction of a Respite Entitlement assigned directly to families through
their Family Account, adjusted with a difficulty-in-caring rating, giving 6
weeks of respite per year to families with a family member with complex issues
and conditions. The Respite Entitlement would be used to purchase in-home
respite or facility-based respite according to the preference of the family.
Supported Accommodation and Independent Living
Authority
10. Establishment of a federal Supported Accommodation and Independent Living
Authority to fast track a rapid development of innovative housing and
accommodation options for people with complex issues and conditions and those
requiring significant support.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Vern Hughes
Secretary
federation@civilsociety.org.au
PO Box 159 Yarraville Vic 3013
Tel: 0425 722 890
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