Community consultation - now closed
Our community consultation ran from 10 February to 24 March 2025. It built on responses we received through our survey and submissions in late 2024.
People contributed by attending in person or online workshops, making a submission, completing a survey or running their own workshop.
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What happens next
Your feedback will help Government to make decisions to stabilise disability support services before considering further work to strength those supports into the future.
The final decisions relate to Recommendations 5 and 6 from the Independent Review.
What we consulted on
The consultation focused on the 50,000 disabled people, and their whānau, who receive essential disability support after an assessment from:
- a Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC) organisation, or
- an Enabling Good Lives (EGL) site.
Assessment tools and processes
We wanted to hear how we can make our assessment and allocation processes clearer.
This is about improving how the needs of disabled people are assessed, and decisions made about the support they are given to ensure consistency.
Read our fact sheet on assessments and allocation settings external.
Flexible funding
We wanted feedback on proposed criteria for access to flexible funding and changes to how the funding is used.
There were two options for how these changes could be made:
- Option 1 links each person’s flexible funding to a plan.
- Option 2 amends the current purchasing rules.
Read our fact sheet on flexible funding external.
Discussion document
The consultation was informed by a Discussion document (a summary version was also available).