❓ A parliamentary question on notice addresses discrepancies in reported accommodation figures for people with disabilities, specifically regarding bed closures, openings, and occupancy rates within the Disability Services Commission. The Minister's response clarifies the data and highlights the shift towards supported community living.
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The minister is quoted on page 6 of The West Australian of 20 February 2003 as saying that the Government “has managed to get more than 150 people into accommodation in the past two years” but she understands that “this gain has been eroded in part by the closure of a small number of accommodation places”. However, the 2001-02 annual report of the Disability Services Commission reports that the number of people with disabilities in receipt of residential services last financial year grew by a net increase of just nine people from 1 542 to 1 551. I therefore ask in respect of DSC output 1, residential services, in each of the 2000-01 and 2001-02 financial years - (1) How many beds were closed? (2) How many new beds were opened? (3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(1) How many beds were closed? (2) How many new beds were opened? (3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(2) How many new beds were opened? (3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(1) How many beds were closed? (2) How many new beds were opened? (3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(2) How many new beds were opened? (3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(3) How many beds became vacant and were subsequently occupied by people in need of accommodation support? (4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(4) How many beds that became vacant during the course of each year remained vacant at the end of that year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(1) In July 1999 the Board of the Disability Services Commission approved the use of vacant commission residential beds to overcome a budget deficit in its accommodation services. This was undertaken in conjunction with a redevelopment program. A total of 18 beds were closed for this purpose over a period of approximately 30 months. (2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(2) The Disability Services Commission’s annual report provides details of the number of people given a service in a financial year under each of the reported outputs. Output 1 provides details not of bed numbers but of the number of people in hostels and group homes. The growth in accommodation services for 2000-01 was 123 additional people and for 2001-02 was 62 additional people. As indicated in previous responses to the member, people provided with accommodation support might choose hostel or group home services under output 1 or elect to have an individual option in supported community living under output 2. As the member is aware, there has been considerable growth in supported community living, which increased in 2000-01 by 254 people and in 2001-02 by 334 people. (3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
(3)-(4) The Disability Services Commission operated a multi-agency placement scheme that required the disability sector to jointly allocate vacancies to people in need of accommodation support. As a result of the review of the accommodation support funding process, an options exploration process has replaced the multi-agency placement scheme. This process requires that every group home vacant bed be allocated to a person deemed in need of immediate support. I can tell the member that in 2002-03 the Disability Services Commission received new funding to provide accommodation support for 75 additional people. To date it has assisted an additional 92 people with accommodation support. The prudent use of vacant beds has assisted in achieving this outcome.
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