Fact sheet 8: On-the-ground partnerships to design and deliver supports

Fact sheet 8: On-the-ground partnerships to design and deliver supports FACT SHEET 8 For First Nations communities On-the-ground The panel’s vision partnerships First Nations’ concepts of disability and care should be recognised to design and and embedded across all support systems for people with disability. [...] Many reviews and inquiries have shown that First Nations participants, their families and remote communities find the focus on individually funded disability services at odds with First Nations culture and values, which place family and community supports first. [...] We have also heard that many First Nations people with disability and their families find the NDIS complex and confusing, and hard to navigate. [...] What First Nations people with disability and communities should have access to more is the culturally accessible and safe services. [...] benefit? Supports and services designed and delivered by organisations that are trusted by First Nations communities will strengthen the community-controlled sector and improve outcomes for First Nations people and communities.