Supported accommodation innovation fund (SAIF)

• Funding/grant type:

  Recurrent

• Closing date:

  Not specified

Overview

The Supported accommodation innovation fund (SAIF) has been established to build innovative, community-based supported accommodation places for people with disability. This initiative will help to address the shortfall in supported accommodation and respite for people with disability and their families and carers. This recognises that appropriate housing and support arrangements are critically important to supporting younger people with disability.

The target group for SAIF places is adults with severe or profound disability. Under SAIF, a person will be considered to have a severe or profound disability if the person has a severe or profound core activity limitation. The core activities are communication, mobility and self-care.

Applications seeking to provide places to the following groups may be given priority:

• people with severe or profound disability who also have ageing carers
• Indigenous people with disability
• people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background with disability
• young people with a severe or profound disability who are living in nursing homes, or are at risk of being placed in a nursing home.

Completed applications are to be submitted by 2pm (AEST – Queensland time) on 20 January 2012

Contacts

Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund (SAIF)
Email: saif@fahcsia.gov.au

Links

• View information: Supported accommodation innovation fund (SAIF)
• View information: Supported accommodation innovation fund (SAIF) - information on FaHCSIA website
• View website: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)