Other Eligibility Criteria

Other Eligibility Criteria for:

• Link Vacation Care
• After School Care for Teenagers
• Teen Holiday Program
• Social Klub & Kids Klubs

Families who are eligible must:

1. live within the Sunshine Coast Reginal Council area
2. not be in receipt of a compensation settlement such as an insurance payout
3. complete and sign our Policy Manual including our "Code of Conduct"
4. complete and sign our CSTDA form. (Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement which collects data for the National Minimum Data Set agreement)

Also, to be eligible the young person must:

1. have “a permanent intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairment; or a combination of impairments that result in a substantial reduction of the person’s capacity for communication, social interaction, learning, mobility or self care or management “(Disability Services Act 2006)

Please note: if the person with a disability has Aspergers they are only eligible for Out of School Care programs unless they have a dual diagnosis

Priority will be given to families where:

1. they are working on the day they request Link Vacation Care, Teen Holiday Program and/or After School Care
2. they are not already receiving ongoing or recurrent funding from any other source for respite or similar support
3. they are unable to afford the cost of purchasing support. Families whose gross income is above a certain level may receive a lower level of support. See the section "Means Testing" at the end of this page.

Note: Means Testing is sometimes relaxed for programs that have sufficient vacancies.

Young people whose families do receive other funding or who wish to pay from their own resources may join the program if they pay for the cost of a Support Staff member and some Coordination and Administration costs.

Means Testing

The Scheme is committed to supporting families who have a member with a disability and who have the greatest need. Accordingly, we ask families to complete our Family Application Form and to inform us of their combined income every year. We believe that families who, because of the high need for support of their family member, are also financially disadvantaged require the greatest level of support.

Families who apply for any of our services (except for our "ISA Sunshine Coast" program) must complete our "Annual Declaration of Combined Income" form that seeks information about the combined gross and taxable income of parents. Families whose combined gross income is above $80,000 per annum and who are otherwise eligible for entry to a program may be able to receive reduced levels of support in these programs.

If you would like more information about our means testing, contact our office.