Team Katy is dispensing more largesse, this time for those with a disability:
If re-elected ACT Labor will deliver almost $15 million for more disability support:
Funding for an extra half-day support per week to young people with a disability who have graduated from school, equating to an additional $5000 per person annually
$1.48 million to establish payroll tax concessions for businesses that employ school leavers with a disability
$1.67 million over four years to continue the Therapy Assistants in Schools program
An extra $400,000 for Carers ACT – the peak advocacy group for carers in the ACT – to help carers maintain their personal wellbeing
$3.75 million to build and service two 6-bedroom houses that provide accommodation for disability tenants with relatively low support needs
$3.0 million for the construction of three independent living housing complexes in partnership with community housing group Project Independence
$4.0 million over two years to commence a program to replace Canberra’s disability respite properties
$360,000 in 2013-14 to trial a mobile attendant care and evening service to provide ‘drop-in’ support for people living with a disability
An electronic ‘Taxi Smart-Card’ system for people with a disability who rely on taxi services, replacing the existing paper-based system.
[Photo of Joy and Katy with Carers ACT chief executive officer Dee McGrath following today’s announcement of ACT Labor’s disability policies courtesy of Joy Burch’s office]
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