- The 2023-24 Queensland Budget invests a total of $16.2 million over four years and $2 million per annum ongoing to;
- support at-risk children and young people to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) until December 2024; and
- Establish and maintain a specialist disability assessment team to support people with complex needs navigating multiple mainstream systems to access NDIS services from January 2025.
- Nearly $3 million over four years will go towards updating and strengthening the Human Services Quality Framework to ensure high quality services for Queenslanders.
The 2023-24 State Budget will ensure children and young people with disability in Queensland are connected with life-changing supports through the NDIS.
The Assessment and Referral Team, known as ART, will continue supporting at-risk children and young people aged seven to 25 to access the NDIS, and the supports they need early in life, until December 2024.
Beyond then, the Palaszczuk Government is investing ongoing funding for a specialist team to support eligible people with complex needs navigating multiple mainstream systems to access the NDIS.
The Budget also includes $2.9 million over four years to continue and strengthen the Human Services Quality Framework (HSQF), which ensures best practice service delivery across the more than 380 organisations funded to provide over $1.2 billion in human services to Queenslanders.
Quotes attributable to Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick:
"I'm proud that the 2023-24 State Budget will continue to support ART's vital work and provide a long-term solution for ensuring Queenslanders with disability can access life-changing supports through the NDIS.
Quotes attributable to Minister Craig Crawford:
"The Human Services Quality Framework does checks to make sure that Queenslanders who receive human services from government-funded providers are getting what they need.
"This investment will strengthen the framework to provide high quality services for Queenslanders, including women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people living in residential care, and children in the child protection system."
