NDIS Funding Categories
- Stewart Neale
The following is a summary of the Supports and Services that are currently available to a participant under the NDIS
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Introduction
Supports and services delivered for NDIS participants fall into the following categories.
Support Category | Category Purpose |
|---|---|
Core | A support that helps a participant complete daily living activities. |
Capital | A support for an investment, such as assistive technologies, equipment and home or vehicle modifications, or funding for capital costs (e.g. to pay for Specialist Disability Accommodation). |
Capacity Building | A support that helps a participant build their independence and skills. |
Additional Information
NDIS Core Supports
NDIS Support Category | Options for Services |
|---|---|
Assistance with Daily Life | Personal care and domestic tasks – such as showering, personal |
Transport | Transport to and from school for students. Taxis or other private |
Consumables | Purchasing everyday use items – such as toilet and bathroom |
Assistance with | Arts and craft classes. Activities that build skills and independence. |
NDIS Capital Supports
Assistive Technology equipment, home or vehicle modifications are funded through the capital support budget. Capital Supports enables an investment, such as assistive technologies, equipment and home
or vehicle modifications, or funding for capital costs (i.e. to pay for Specialist Disability Accommodation). Capital funding is not flexible, most items are subject to quotes.
NDIS Support Category | Options for Services |
|---|---|
Assistive Technology | Equipment or modifications in a vehicle. Wheelchairs, pressure mattresses, standing frames. Assistive products for household tasks. |
Home Modifications and | Elevator-home Modification to bathroom, toilet, laundry, kitchen. Accommodation for people who require specialist housing solutions. |
NDIS Capacity Building
Capacity building can support the participant in gaining new skills, accessing resources and building confidence to participate in the community. Capacity Building funding is broken down into nine support categories which will be aligned to Support Coordination, Improved living arrangements, Increased social participation, Finding and keeping a job, Improved relationships, Improved health and wellbeing, Improved learning, Improved life choices and Improved daily living.
NDIS Support Category | Options for Services |
|---|---|
Support Coordination | Assistance to implement NDIS plan. Assistance to strengthen abilities to connect with informal, mainstream and funded supports. Support coordinators will look for all the services that the participant needs to access in accordance with their budget |
Improved Living Arrangements | Assistance with accommodation and tenancy obligations. Disability housing and support initiative (DHASI). |
Increased Social and Community | Centre based respite. Group fitness for people with disability. |
Finding and Keeping a Job | Employment preparation. Workplace assistance. School Leaver |
Improved Relationships | Specialist behavioural intervention support. Individualised social skills development. |
Improved Health & | Exercise physiology. Personal training. Dietician consultation. |
Improved Learning | Skills training to move from school to further education. Assistance with arrangements and orientation to move from school to further education. |
Improved Life Choices | Financial services who undertake the financial administration of NDIS plan. ( Plan Management) |
Improved Daily Living | Physiotherapy. Maintenance therapy – such as podiatry, occupational therapy. Early Childhood Intervention Supports. |
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