NCF - HACC

The Northern Sydney Home and Community Care Development Project is funded by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care under the HACC program, a jointly funded program by State and Commonwealth Governments. The project auspice is Northside Community Forum Inc. The Northern Sydney HACC Development Project has been auspiced by Northside Community Forum since 1986.
The Project covers eleven local government areas;

~ Hornsby                      ~ North Sydney
~ Hunters Hill               ~ Pittwater
~ Ku-ring-gai                ~ Ryde
~ Lane Cove                 ~ Warringah
~ Manly                          ~ Willoughby
~ Mosman

Home and Community Care (HACC) Services
The HACC Program is a national program that provides basic long-term services to people living in the community, who are at risk of premature or inappropriate admission to long-term residential care. This may include frail older people and younger people with a disability, including children and young people of any age with moderate, severe or profound disabilities, and their carers.

Northern Sydney Home and Community Care Development Officer
The Home and Community Care (HACC) Development Officer provides a range of support, resource and information services to HACC funded agencies and other organisations providing for the benefit of the HACC target group.

The objectives of the project

•Strengthen the capacity of the HACC service infrastructure to deliver quality services, which respond to client needs, including special needs groups
•To strengthen interagency and community relationships and understanding of HACC
•Promote better practice in the development of a strong, cohesive community care system
•Provide information about objectives and guidelines of the HACC program and any other relevant Government policy and guidelines to HACC funded agencies and related community care services

The project outcomes

• Efficient and effective regional HACC infrastructure to deliver quality services
• HACC-funded agencies and networks operating from a strong knowledge base
• Productive cohesion and network between HACC and other relevant community care services
• Input from the service sector into the regional planning process
• Improved understanding of the HACC and related community care programs for agencies and community
• Increased integration and cooperation among local HACC services resulting in better outcomes for service users
• Access and use of HACC services by service users is reflective of regional demographics