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Investing in Services for Outcomes Enabling Good Lives Collective Impact Collaboration Local Area Co-ordination ‘New Model’ Better Public Services Disability Action Plan Capability Investment Resource UNCRPD Welfare Reform Improving Existing Employment Services Supported Living Payment Social Sector Trials MSD Health and Disability Long-term Work Programme Strategic Investment Framework Streamlined Contracting

Government Direction Disability Policy UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Disability Strategy Disability Action Plan Better Public Services

Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues Disability Action Plan Increase Employment And Economic Opportunities Ensure Personal Safety Transform the Disability Support System Other Government Work: MSDMoEMBIEMoH Investing in Services for Outcomes Social Sector Trials Strategic Investment Framework Long-term Health and Disability Work Plan Going Places Transition Pilot (incorporated into EGL) Minimum Wage Act Review Streamlined Contracting New Model (New governance group) Choices in Community Living Individualised Funding project 1.Reducing Long- term Welfare Dependence Ministry: MSD Result 1: Reduce number of people of working age who are on the benefit for 12 months or more. 2. Supporting Vulnerable Children Ministry: MSD, MoE, MoH Result 2: Increase participation in early childhood education. 3. Boosting Skills and Employment Ministry: MoE, TEC Result 5: Increase proportion of 18 year olds with NCEA 2 or equivalent. Better Public Services Whole of Government 5 target Areas, 10 key results Promote Access in the Community

Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues Disability Action Plan Increase Employment And Economic Opportunities 2. Ensure Personal Safety 4. Transform the Disability Support System Governance: Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues, Chief Executives Group and DPOs Implementation: 4 Working Groups (DPOs, Gov’t Agencies + Others) 3. Promote Access in the Community Vision: All New Zealanders Experience Equal Rights of Citizenship Outcomes Safety and Autonomy Wellbeing Self-Determination Community Representation Results and Priorities

Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues Disability Action Plan Increase Employment And Economic Opportunities 1.Increase the Educational Achievement of disabled children and adults (Min. Education) 2.Increase the number of disabled people who transition from school and tertiary education into employment. a) Improve Transitions (Min. Education) 3.Increase the number of disabled people in paid employment and self-employment a)Implement a long term work programme to improve employment outcomes for disabled people, including the development of guidelines on reasonable accommodation. (MSD) b)Develop better alternatives to replace the minimum wage exemption, looking at existing and new schemes (MBIE) 4.Increase the number of employers who are confident in employing disabled people, with public sector taking the lead. (ODI)

Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues Disability Action Plan Transform the Disability Support System 8)Promote disabled people having choice and control over their supports/services, and make more efficient use of disability support funding. a) Evaluation learning from EGL Christchurch demonstration in 2014/15 and consider in 2015/16 improved assessment processes. (MSD, MoH, MinEd) 9.Promote the involvement of Disabled People’s Organisations in the design and monitoring of the disability support system transformation. 10.Increase the capability of disability support service providers to be of service to disabled people. a) Develop and implement effective ways for disabled people and DPOs to provide feedback safely about the quality of services and support and to monitor, evaluate and scrutinise and make providers accountable to funders for achieving outcomes. (Min. Health) b) Deferred until 2015/16: Ensure providers are responsive and provide choice and tailoring of services. Explore how provider performance should be assessed, including through accreditation, provider performance measurement, and contract monitoring systems. (Min. Health)

Enabling Good Lives Update Waikato Provider Guidelines and Self- Assessment Community of Practice Christchurch Challenges of Implementation: Provider invoicing Roles and responsibilities Pace of change Provider engagement Communication VASS EGL Forum October Wellington VASS EGL Forum October Wellington

What we need to be thinking about… Disability Sector Personalised Supports Being person-driven Maximising our resources ‘Mainstream is the default option’ Partnership with people and families Demonstrating our impact Community Sector Tendering for contracts Re-prioritisation of what Government will be purchasing Collective Impact Evidence and Outcomes

VASS Actions…. Election Strategy - Key messages - Co-ordinating with wider sector Funding and Contracting - Key election issue - MPs, government officials, community and disability sector VASS Code of Ethics - Responding to UNCRPD and Disability Action Plan - Development and consultation Investigating Name Change - In the new environment it is important that the community knows what we do.