Program 6: disability programs

The 1997-1998 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.

In this section:

Program Summary

Objective

To enable people with a disability to participate in community life as equal citizens.

Resource summary

		Outlays		Staffing
Sub-program		1996-97 Estimated Outcome $000	1997-98 Estimate $000	1996-97 Estimated Outcome Staff Years	1997-98 Estimate Staff Years
6.1	Employment Assistance	221,087	237,881	153.7	138.6
6.2	Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service	118,429	113,150	1,560.0	1,480.0
6.3	Commonwealth/ State Disability Agreement	310,128	316,443	5.9	5.5
6.4	Access and Participation	51,184	26,920	22.5	21.0
6.5	Hearing Services	95,326	91,420	648.0	666.6
TOTAL		796,153	785,814	2,390.1	2,311.7

1997-98 Sub-program Estimate as % of Program outlays (GIF 6KB)

Map from program to organisation structure

Program	Sub-program	Division	Branch
6. Disability Programs	6.1 Employment Assistance	Disability Programs	Policy and Planning
			Strategic Management
	6.2 Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service	Disability Programs	Policy and Planning
		Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service
	6.3 Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement	Disability Programs	Strategic Management
			Policy and Planning
	6.4 Access and Participation	Disability Programs	Office of Disability
			Policy and Planning
	6.5 Hearing Services	Disability Programs	Policy and Planning
		Office of Hearing Services
		Australian Hearing Services

Shading indicates Portfolio Agencies which report separately.

Notes

Sub-program 6.2 is transitional until the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service is corporatised on 30 June 1998.
Sub-program 6.1 relates to the Commonwealth's policy and purchasing roles in respect of funded business services, funded open employment services and vocational rehabilitation provided by the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service.
The Policy and Planning Branch is involved in all of the sub-programs under Program 6.