The trial will seek to ensure that specialist disability employment funding is better linked to the needs of individuals and remove inequities in the current block grant funding arrangements. The Government set aside last year's growth funding to trial case based funding rather than increase block grant funding arrangements. The trial will provide an opportunity to test how case based funding works for disability employment assistance. Generally no, however 1 or 2 new services are possible in areas of isolated high demand which are not in trial regions. Funding is based on the relative needs of the job seeker.
Case based funding also includes payments for durable employment outcomes.
This means that a portion of service provider's funding will be dependant on service providers assisting job seekers both find and retain employment. Block grant funding is a fixed annual grant that does not link with the needs of individual job seekers. Following considerable discussion, a consultation paper has been developed with 2 models and further options which could be used in the trial. This paper has been released for consultation with Stakeholders. In addition the consumer caucus will be holding consultations for consumers.