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… How to use this document The Department of Social Services (DSS) wrote this document. When you read the word ‘we’, it means DSS. We wrote this document in an easy to read way. We use pictures to … person might be able to help you. … The Department of Social Services (DSS) wrote this document. When you read the word ‘we’, it means DSS.   We …

The Home Equity Access Scheme for older Australians The Home Equity Access Scheme allows eligible older Australians to access the equity in their home or other Australian real estate through an Australian Government loan. Both pensioners and non-pensioners are eligible. You can use the Scheme to access fortnightly …

Building Employer Confidence in Disability and Inclusion (BEC) 2021-22 grant round In October 2022, the outcome of the BEC grant round (Opens external website) under the ECP program was announced. Grant funding of $20 million was awarded to 29 organisations across Australia to increase the confidence of employers to …

… young people in Out of Home Care do not perform as well as their peers at school and are more likely to have experienced disruption through … part-time or casual work (28 per cent). A small number were studying at TAFE (11 per cent) and 2.8 per cent reported that they were at university. 35 (Opens external website) CREATE has also collated …

… to take account of the FTB A that is paid to parents in an intact family at different income levels. The estimates of the costs of children, less the … parents. Parents on Newstart will be able to take on casual or part-time jobs to supplement their benefit, without it affecting child support until … parents. Parents on Newstart will be able to take on casual or part-time jobs to supplement their benefit, without it affecting child support until …

… support service providers by sharing good practice evidence and research. DSS has contracted the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) to … support service providers by sharing good practice evidence and research. DSS has contracted the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) to …

… catch-up events. The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS), National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), and State and Territory … 2024 and 2025. This engagement will include discussion papers on DSS Engage, face-to-face workshops and roundtables, as well as online … to date on other future engagement sessions, subscribe to updates on the DSS NDIS reforms website (Opens external website) . … We will work with …

… effective way to help children and young people who are disadvantaged or at risk of becoming disadvantaged, later in life.   2.3 Protecting children … to addressing the needs of vulnerable children, in particular those at risk of abuse and neglect. State and territory governments have … abuse early interventions to help vulnerable families or children who are at risk of maltreatment in order to alleviate problems and prevent escalation …

Part C: Methodology Overview To confirm that the issues identified in Part B of this Report were of current significance for young people, and to give care leavers the opportunity to raise other points they felt worthy of discussion, a series of consultations were conducted. The first tier of consultations utilised …

… what we heard is available on the Disability Royal Commission Response Hub at www.dss.gov.au/DRC-Aus-Gov-Response (Opens external website) . What we heard: … on the Australian Government Response to the Disability Royal Commission at: www.dss.gov.au/DRC-Aus-Gov-Response (Opens external website) …