HIV Living

AFDO Submission to the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:57:57 -0700

AFDO submission to the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy.

NAPWA submission to Pension Review

admin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:08:58 -0700

The attached submission was made by NAPWA to the federal government's review of the pension system.

Welfare to Work: where to from here?

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:14:33 -0700

Graham Douglas-Meyer surveys the current status of PLWHAPerson (or People) Living with HIV/AIDS. and how the new government will affect changes that have already been made, as well as some thought for the future.

NAPWA Positive Women endorse new Terms of reference (TOR)

Scott Lockhart — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:07 -0800

NAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

Forced to the Margins ... Again

Peter Canavan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

This paper was prepared after a special session at the NAPWA General Meeting April 2007 where NAPWA members discussed their response to concerns over sensationalist media attention surrounding recent HIV transmission cases.

NAPWA Care and Support Audit

Peter Canavan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The Care and Support Snapshot Survey (CSSS) prepared by NAPWA asks and then listens to the perceptions of a range of positive people. It includes a number of questions about service needs, constituency and representation, geography and the policy and advocacy work of NAPWA through the lens of positive people.

Q and A on welfare changes

David Menadue — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:06:28 -0800

There are now three different categories of people on the Disability Support Pension depending on when they were placed on it. This article examines the effect of the changes on each of these groups.

AFDO fact sheet - Job Capacity Assessment

Tue, 02 May 2006 17:41:32 -0700

The Job Capacity Assessment (JCA) has been designed to be the new way of working out who should get the Disability Support Pension and also which employment service or support program a person should go to. This AFDO-produced fact sheet explains what the JCA is and outlines the process and the requirements for people on the pension.

AFDO overview of labour market employment services and support programs

Tue, 02 May 2006 17:29:43 -0700

This AFDO-produced paper provides background information on the many Australian Government funded employment and support services in the lead up to the introduction of the ‘welfare to work package’. The paper explores the major labour market programs or Employment Services programs, how they interact and how people with disability may be affected by the coming changes in policy.

DSP Review fact sheet: Centrelink responds

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:36:36 -0800

A response from Centrelink to issues raised in the fact sheet “Surviving the Centrelink DSP Review”.