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Families
in Partnership
is a new approach to family support and service delivery
developed by families for families following extensive research
on best practice overseas and in
Australia.
It is enables families and individuals to have more say and more
control over funding and services.
Families
in Partnership
aims to create solutions for
families in four areas:
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Family-based
management of support/care packages
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Housing
and accommodation options
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Schooling
models and innovations
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Employment
and training supports and initiatives
Our
focus is on pooling the ideas of families to come up with
new initiatives and trying to implement these as directly as
possible, cutting out the middle men.
Families
in Partnership is a membership-based model. Membership costs
only $55
per year and entitles families to participate in the network.
Support
Package Service
Families
in receipt of support packages (HomeFirst, Support and
Choice, Futures for Young Adults, ABI packages) may
transfer management of these packages to Families in
Partnership in order to exercise greater control over their
money, with lower administration fees (FIP works with an
authorised broker and fund-holder).
We
have developed three Support Options for families in the
management of support/care packages:
Families
transferring their support packages to FIP receive:
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Information
and training on choosing and setting up their Support
Option
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Ongoing
telephone and online support as required when issues or problems
arise
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An
approved funds manager
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An
administrator to employ staff
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Free
FIP membership
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