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After a long delay the Younger People with Disability in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) Program Mid-term Evaluation was today released by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Services http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx). The government funded report is not a comprehensive evaluation because it only provides the perspective of program managers in each state and territory.

The Summer Foundation and Monash University have completed an independent study called Getting Out, which evaluates the progress of the current five-year $244 million national Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) program. The program was established by COAG in July 2006 to reduce the number of younger people (defined as aged under 50 years) with disabilities living in aged care.

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