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Released on March 7, 2012
People with intellectual disabilities will have access to better-funded, quality supports that meet their needs thanks to the new Day Program Funding Standard and expansion of the residential funding standard for individuals with complex needs.
"This funding will help make Saskatchewan the best place to live in Canada for people with disabilities," Social Services Minister June Draude said. "This initiative will allow us to better tailor our funding to the actual needs of individuals attending day programs and living in residential facilities."
"We are very pleased that these new funding standards are now in place," Cosmopolitan Learning Centre Executive Director Connie Lang-Schuette said. "It will help community based organizations across the province to provide enhanced services for the individuals we support."
The new Day Program Funding Standard is designed to move from the old cost-per-space model developed in the 1970s, to a funding model that is based on the assessed need of each individual. This new day program standard will also target greater resources to supporting people with more complex needs.
Full province-wide implementation of the new standard across all day programs funded by the Ministry of Social Services will occur on April 1, 2012. Implementation will cost approximately $6.3 million in 2012-13 which includes $4.6 million for regular day programs and $1.7 million for day programs with clients that have complex needs. The total annualized cost of the new standard will be up to $7 million when all complex needs designations are complete in 2013-14.
In addition, expanded funding standards in current and new residential programs that support individuals with complex needs will come into effect April 1, 2012. In 2012-13, $560,000 will be allotted to this expansion, and total support will grow up to $2 million by 2013-14. This expansion will result in increased capacity of group homes to more appropriately support individuals with complex needs.
These funding enhancements further support government's goal to make Saskatchewan the best place in Canada to live for people with disabilities.
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For more information, contact:
Andrew Dinsmore
Social Services
Regina
Phone: 306-787-8689
Email: andrew.dinsmore@gov.sk.ca
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