Intellectual disability donations trust
About the Donation Trust Fund
The Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities Donations Trust Fund (PIIDDTF) is a collective of bequests and donations from the public to provide funds to people with a psychiatric illness or an intellectual disability.
The administration of the PIIDDTF is split between Mental Health, which is responsible for the psychiatric illness component, and Disability Services, which is responsible for the intellectual disabilities componment.
Eligibility for funding
Funding is provided four times a year to people with an intellectual disability. The funding is available for people who are unable to meet costs using their own finances or are ineligible for assistance from government funding programs.
Further information about the funds and who may be eligible to receive them is available from the 
Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities Donations Trust Fund information sheet (Word 96.0 kb).
How to apply
Case managers can apply for funding on behalf of people with an intellectual disability by filling out an 
Application form (Excel 43.5 kb) and a Justification sheet (Word 91.0 kb). All applications for funding can be forwarded to your local Department of Human Services Regional Intake and Response Service for approval.
Further information
For further information about accessing funds for people with an intellectual disability, contact the Department of Human Services, Disability Services Division on (03) 9096 8535.
For further information about accessing funds for people with a psychiatric illness, contact the Department of Human Services, Mental Health Branch, Mental Health and Drugs Division on (03) 9096 8311.