Lifelong Advocacy
This service is no longer available
Before 2023 PASAT offered advocacy for a lifetime.
This stopped in 2024.
Now PASAT provides ongoing advocacy instead.
When a person had advocacy for a lifetime they were called a member of the Trust.
There are two kinds of members:
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Pre Support members
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Full Support members
Pre Support
If the parents of the member are alive the member is Pre Support.
The Advocate only visits once a year during Pre Support.
Pre Support costs $140 a year for:
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People that became members after 2016
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People that have not paid their membership fee yet (see below)
Pre Support is free for:
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People that became members before 2016
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People that have paid their membership fee (see below)
Full Support
If the parents of the member are dead the member is Full Support.
The Advocate will visit four times a year.
The Advocate can visit more if needed.
The Advocate will:
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work with other supporters
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review finances
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support health
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support wellbeing
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help with challenges
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encourage the member to self advocate
The Full Support membership fee depends on the age of the member.
Families could pay the membership fee:
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all at once
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broken up into smaller payments
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from a Will
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from a Discretionary Trust
The membership fee can be refunded if the member dies during Pre Support.