Eighteen disability service providers which were at risk of folding when the state government was set to withdraw funding will continue to operate through assistance from the National Disability Insurance Agency.
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The government had provided these organisations with Information, Linkages and Capacity funding which was due to be covered by the NDIA this year under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
However, the NDIA choose to delay the funding until next year.
Disability Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma said the government had successfully negotiated for bridge funding to be provided to Tasmania's ILC organisations from July.
"ILC services, including support such as providing cohort-specific information or linking people with disability to services, will be available to all people with disability, regardless of whether they have an individual NDIS plan or not," she said.
It is believed the government will receive $570,000 in funding from the NDIA to be divided between the 18 organisations, including Autism Tasmania, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Tasmania, the Brain Injury Association of Tasmania, and Epilepsy Tasmania.
National Disability Services state manager Will Kestin said Tasmania had the highest rate of disability in the country which included the highest rate of people living with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and autism.
"These organisations are small, boutique but very important to the fabric of supports for the community," he said.
"It's not just for the people who deal with disability, it is for the families of these people who also rely on these services."
The final stage of the NDIS roll-out in Tasmania will begin in July.
