There is a homeless meals program run by cohealth community  health centre  and the government is cutting funding  to kick  disabled and mentally  ill homeless  peoples off this meals program, without them even receiving NDIS meals funding and even if NDIS meals were to get funded in the future disabled and or mentally ill homeless peoples have no where to safely store meals without having housing and a fridge. And most homeless disabled peoples have no energy to appeal ndis or the community health centers  meals  programs funders as they dont have literacy, many struggle with reading and writing, and they are acutely unwell from impacts of homelessness, violence and abuse. 

Many disabled and mentally ill homeless peoples who have had bad  experiences with NDIS, are planning on giving up the NDIS over this funding cut (so they can continue to access the meals funding). As  healthy food is a major survival  consideration while being homeless and too disabled to be able to prepare own meals. Lack of nutrition for those who do not give up NDIS and go without meals funding will lead to more hospitalisations and deaths of severely disadvantaged  disabled peoples.  As eating canned food and cheaper  takeaway meals high in salt  for those  already living with chronic illnesses and complex health issues who are going through severe stress and trauma trying to survive on a daily basis and trying to find housing,  will  likely result in deaths, heart attacks, strokes and further severity  of  permanent disabilities.

The cafe meals program is funded by government  Department of families fairness and housing and funded or administered also through local Yara City Council. NDIA  won't contribute to the meals funding or fund ndis funded homeless cafe meals for disabled homeless peoples on the NDIS despite appeals, formal complaints and writing to Bill Shortens office.  Many disabled and mentally ill homeless women  have escaped family violence and it  is not safe to attend other community meals places for lunch or dinners, without being sexually harassed, stalked, assaulted and or raped as many non-homeless  criminals and sex offenders go to those places to target vulnerable women and many have been bashed and raped while trying to access food on low incomes.

We want the funding decision reversed and pro bono  or community legal center support to take this to the supreme court to put injunction on government, as it effects disabled homeless peoples immediate health and safety, or see if we can first succced at VCAT  disability discrimination case. We have suggested other practical ways  the program can save funding  without kicking disabled homeless peoples off the program, but  funders won't change the decision.