Advocates concerned as Government shifts disability services to MSD
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There's risk the needs of disabled people won't be met as their ministry is carved up.
Support services are moving to the Ministry of Social Development, after a review found a lack of control over funding and services at Whaikaha.
Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds says the sector has been struggling for over a decade - and doesn't have faith in MSD.
"As recently as June 30, three contracts expired across a couple of hundred providers. No replacement contracts were issued for two months - that's two months that those providers didn't receive any funding."
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