Information, linkages & capacity building, Morrie O'Conner, Community Living Association QLD

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People are worth the InvestmentConference

Information, Linkages & Capacity Building17th July 2015

Morrie O’ConnorCommunity Living Association

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Community Living Association (CLA)

• Works with people with intellectual disability on society’s fringe (homeless, corrections, Child Safety, dual diagnosis)

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Capacity Building – Supporting people to service themselves

– WWILD-SVP

– Independent Youth Housing Group– Nundah Community Enterprises Co-op

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• Homeless young people

• Homeless young people who had been wards of the State

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Frank• Young man with intellectual disability• In State care• Left care at 18• Homeless• Serious crime conviction• Refused participation in rehabilitation because

of ‘lack of intellectual capacity’• Released without disability supports• Advocacy to get supports

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ILC programs will proactively reach out to –o Inform & link disadvantaged families and young

people with intellectual disabilities to disability supports.

o Parents with intellectual disability and young people with intellectual disability in Child Safety so they receive disability supports.

o Ensure young people with intellectual disability leaving care at 18, prisoners exiting will receive disability supports they need.

Assumptions – ILCEarly Intervention & Prevention

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Joe• Homeless people’s lives can be full of crisis

Is the NDIS Individual Funding Package system going to be made more flexible or will people like Joe receive services under ILC arrangements?

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Sam• Buying food for Sam when he hasn’t eaten or

shoes when they have been taken

Will the IFP system become more flexible or can

ILC arrangements help out?

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People’s Organisations• People involved in servicing themselves

• Will people be able to collectively utilise support hours from their individual packages to pursue a collective agenda? OR

• Seek support through ILC program to pursue a collective agenda?

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Thank you for your attention