The Better Start for Children with Disability funding will improve access to services for children who have been diagnosed with sight and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or Fragile X. Families will have up to their child’s seventh birthday to spend $12,000 on early intervention services. The initiative is funded by FaHCSIA.
The Pathways ECI Board have agreed to apply to become a panel provider for Better Start. If we are approved, we plan to introduce the service in 2012.
Better Start for Children with Disability is a new initiative of the Australian Government to help make vital early intervention services and therapies more affordable and accessible.
Funding for services and therapies is available for children with:
- cerebral palsy
- Down syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- moderate or greater vision or hearing impairments, including deafblindness.
The Government is providing $147 million over four years to help families access early intervention therapies and services.
Further information
For further information about the Better Start initiative, please call the Carers Australia Registration and Information Service on1800 242 636 or visit www.fahcsia.gov.au/betterstart
