NDIA Annual Report Released

The 2013-2014 National Disability Insurance Agency  (NDIA) Annual Report has been published, summarising the first year of operation.
The report was tabled in Federal Parliament on 29 October 2014.
NDIA chairman Bruce Bonyhady said the agency has spent the past year focusing on improving the lives of people with disability, their families and carers, building the Scheme and developing the Agency's capabilities to ensure that the Scheme is efficient and effective.
"This would not have been possible without the support of state and federal governments, the disability community, the Australian public and our staff of whom more than 50 per cent have a lived experience of disability," Mr Bonyhady said in the launch announcement document.
"We are committed to a learn-build-learn-build model of operation and actively working together with all of our stakeholders to create a Scheme, which will be there for all Australians who may need it now and in the future.

• As of 30 June 2014, the NDIA had approved 7316 plans for people with disability, providing them with the reasonable and necessary supports required to lead an ordinary life.

• In 2013-14 the Scheme provided $130 million of support to participants, well within the funding envelope of $148 million.

• Amongst participants 94 per cent were satisfied or very satisfied with their plans.

• As of 30 June 2014, there were 1350 registered service providers.

• The NDIA invested approximately $4.5 million from the Sector Development Fund to help both individuals and organisations make the transition into the Scheme.

• The Scheme Actuary, in her Financial Sustainability Report, and the Reviewing Actuary, have confirmed the results in the first year are consistent with the Productivity Commission's estimates of total Scheme costs.

• The Annual Report also includes the Scheme Actuary’s first Financial Sustainability Report, further supporting the Agency’s commitment to rollout a sustainable Scheme.