It's relied on by tens of thousands of our most vulnerable New Zealanders, but the disability support sector says it's at breaking point.
Industry leaders say they're in desperate need of more funding from the Government, and time is running out.
Student Leath Armishaw, a horror fan and an occasional actor, relies on the service from time to time for help.
"I've just been working on different goals, you know, like. easy ones, for starters, like life skills like groceries," Mr Armishaw said.
But with the help of his support worker Oliver Davies, Mr Armishaw has been able to move out of home and overcome some of the barriers of living with cerebral palsy.
"I didn't know what I was gonna do and [CCS Disability Action] actually helped me out with that and opened up my mind a little bit," he said.
Mr Davies added that support workers help their clients discover "what their goal in life is and find a way for them to reach that independently".
Mr Armishaw is just one of tens of thousands of Kiwis who receive help with anything from budgeting to job hunting to personal care.
CCS coordinator Kerri Bonham said, "There's such a need for disabled people to be supported".
But this work comes at a cost of $1.3 billion – and it's not enough.
NZ Disability Support Network chief executive Garth Bennie said, "The sector is about $150 million short but we suspect it could easily be twice that".
For a decade, they say the government has failed to meet rising costs and eventually, something has to give.
CCS Disability Action chief executive David Matthews said, "We will have to cut back - cut back in terms of the locations where we provide support to people. We would have to put in alternatives like 0800 numbers".
Service providers have held out against any reduction in support, filling the gap with charitable donations.
"The demands on organisations like ours is increasing, yet the government's willingness to pay us a reasonable contract price to do this work is not keeping up," Mr Matthews said.
In a statement, Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter admits the sector is critically underfunded and said the Government is talking to those affected. However, she couldn’t say whether there is any extra money for them in this year's budget.
"We think it's important, particularly in the context of a wellbeing budget, that the wellbeing of some of the country's most vulnerable people and families have their needs addressed," Mr Bernie said.
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