Planned changes to flexible funding are now in place – giving disabled people more choice and control over how they use their funding. From 1 April: These changes reflect what we have heard from the disability community. The changes are possible because of work since 2024 to make the disability support system more … Read more
Your assessment conversation will be with a Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination agency (NASC) or an Enabling Good Lives (EGL) site. The purpose of a needs assessment is to have a conversation with you, so we can understand: To give you time to think about the things you would like … Read more
By Hon Louise Upston The Social Services and Community Select Committee’s report back on the Disability Support Services Bill includes a number of amendments responding to feedback from the disability community. “It was important this Bill went through a Select Committee process so submitters could have their say,” Disability Issues … Read more
The Social Services and Community Committee has considered the Disability Support Services Bill. The committee published its final report on Thursday, 13 August 2026. The report is available here: https://www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/social-services-and-community/tab/report?criteria.Keyword=%22Disability+Support+Services+Bill%22&criteria.Timeframe=&criteria.DateFrom=&criteria.DateTo=&parliamentStartDate=&parliamentEndDate= or https://bit.ly/45UqoTa The committee has recommended by majority that the bill be passed. The committee recommended, by majority, that several … Read more
The Disability Support Services Bill has passed its final reading in Parliament. It will now progress through the final stages of the parliamentary process external, before becoming law. The Government’s key priority for the Bill is that disabled people and their families should be able to understand how the disability support service … Read more
Summary of Recordkeeping Guidance for Providers of Disability Support Services Purpose of the guidance The guidance and its supporting resources are intended to help disability support service providers to better understand their care recordkeeping obligations and improve their practices. What are care records? These are the pieces of information that … Read more
Changes from 1 April 2026 will give more choice, control, certainty, and continuity for disabled people who use flexible funding. The changes affect people who get flexible funding – including Individualised Funding, Carer Support and some hosted Enabling Good Lives Personal Budgets. They do not apply to Choice in Community … Read more
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