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The Home and Community Care (HACC) Program is a central element of the Australian Government's aged care policy, providing community care services to frail aged and younger people with disabilities, and their carers.
The HACC Program is a joint Australian Government, State and Territory initiative under the auspices of the Home and Community Care Act 1985. Nationally, the Australian Government contributes approximately 60 per cent of Program funding and maintains a broad strategic policy role.
The Program provides funding for services which support people who are frail aged, younger people with a disability and their carers, who live at home and whose capacity for independent living is at risk or who are at risk of premature or inappropriate admission to long term residential care.
The HACC Program is part of a broader framework of community and health services funded through the Australian Government or States and Territories, or jointly. The services within this framework are both residential and community based, for example, community health care services, disability services (such as accommodation and attendant care), residential aged care homes, Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), the National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP) and the Veterans’ Home Care Program administered by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Responsibilities
The Australian Government provides approximately 60 per cent of funding for the program and maintains a broad strategic policy role. The Queensland Government provides the remaining percentage of funding for Queensland and are the primary point of contact for HACC service providers and consumers.
The Queensland Home and Community Care (HACC) Resource Unit is funded by the HACC Program to manage the Program's state-wide information strategy, provide a wide range of information, audio-visual resources, support materials and services to help Queensland HACC service providers' meet the requirements of the Home and Community Care Common Standards.
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