Disability Services Commission Annual Report

4.2 Performance Indicators
Outcome and Services
The table below shows the Outcome and Services for which the Disability Services
Commission was funded in 2007–2008. The benefits and costs associated with each
service are shown within the Service areas.
State
Government
Goal (a)
Disability
Services
Commission
Outcome
Services Service Areas Benefit/Cost
Service 1:
Accommodation
Support
• Hostel Residential
• Community
Residential
• Supported
Community Living
• 3,319 service users
supported
• Total cost: $218.3
million
• Average cost per
service user:
$65,784
Enhancing the
quality of life and
wellbeing of all
Enhance the
environment and
wellbeing of
people with
Service 2:
Individual and
Family Support
• Family Support and
Respite
• Day Options
(including Post
School Options)
• Health and Individual
Development
(including therapy
services)
• 16,159 service
users supported
• Total cost: $102.7
million
• Average cost per
service user: $6,358
people throughout
Western Australia
by providing high
quality, accessible
services.
disabilities and
their carers by the
provision of
necessary
supports and
services
Service 3:
Individual
Coordination
• a. LAC Coordination
• b. LAC Direct
Consumer Funding
• 8,285 service users
supported
• Total cost: $20.4
million
• Average cost per
service user: $2,469
• 1,470 service users
supported
• Total cost: $9.6
million
• Average funding per
service user: $6,563
Service 4:
Strategic
Coordination
• Policy and Planning
• Access and
Community
Education
• Quality Assurance
and Advocacy
• 133 key strategic
and policy projects
• Total cost: $14.8
million
• Average cost per
strategic project:
$111,473
Note:
(a) Better Planning: Better Futures — A Framework for the Strategic Management of the Western
Australian Public Sector, Goal 1.
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