The four categories of NDIS Support Budgets that you can have funded in your NDIS Plan are: Core, Capacity, Capital and Recurring. Let's go into detail for each of the support budgets and what is included. It's important to note that the plan inclusions only apply if the support is funded within your NDIS plan.
CORE | NDIS Support Budget
The Core Supports budget is made up of six categories. It is the most flexible budget (excluding Home and Living, and YPIRAC). This means you can move your funding around based on where you need it most (unless funding is stated - then it cannot be moved).
- 01. Assistance with Daily Life: For example, yard maintenance, house cleaning, support workers for - showering, dressing and meal preparation assistance.
- 02. Transport Support: Provided to help you travel to work, or other places that will help you pursue your goals. Note - Transport funding can be paid to everyone differently.
- 03. Consumables: For example, continence products, low-cost assistive products, non slip mats, adaptive cutlery etc.
- 04. Assistance with Social & Community Participation: For example, support worker to assist you to attend social and community activities, events and programs.
- 16. Home and Living: Stated For example, supports to help you live as independently as possible. Supported Independent Living (SIL), Medium Term Accommodation (MTA), Independent Living Option (ILO), and Assistance with daily life tasks provided in a residential aged care facility.
- 21. Young People Living in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC): Funding for some of your fees and charges if you are a younger person in residential aged care (cross billing).
CAPACITY BUILDING | NDIS Support Budget
The Capacity Support Budget helps build your independence and skills to help pursue your goals. Your Capacity Budget is not flexible and must be used for its specific purpose.
- 07. Support Coordination & Psychosocial Recovery Coaching: A fixed amount for a Support Coordinator or Psychosocial Recovery Coach to help you understand and use your plan. Coordinating supports and providers for you and providing updates to the NDIA.
- 08. Improved Living Arrangements: Support to help you find and maintain an appropriate place to live. For example, a support worker who helps you attend inspections or complete rental applications.
- 09. Increased Social & Community Participation: Development and training to increase your skills so you can participate in community, social and recreational activities. For example, group and centred based activities.
- 10. Finding & Keeping a Job: This may include employment-related support, training and assessments that help you find and keep a job. For example, supports that provide a participant with assistance to prepare for, find and retain a job in the participant's employment setting of choice.
- 11. Relationships: This support will help you develop positive social skills and interact with others. For example, support to partake in social activities, behaviour therapies.
- 12. Health & Wellbeing: Supports that are directly related to managing the impact of your disability on your health. For example, dietitian, personal trainer, exercise physiologist.
- 13. Lifelong Learning Support: Training and advice to help you move from school to further education, such as University or TAFE. For example, support worker to assist in going to TAFE or university, school leaver employment preparation, assistance to transition to employment.
- 14. Choice and Control: Plan Management to help you manage your funding, pay for your supports and services and provide guidance on understanding and utilising your funding.
- 15. Improved Daily Living: Skills, Assessments, training or therapy to help increase your skills, independence and community participation. For example, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychology, art therapy, music therapy (the NDIS will only pay for evidence-based therapy).
- 20. Behaviour Support: Supports that are provided by professionals with specialist skills in positive behaviour support. For example, behaviour Support Practitioner to assist in developing a behaviour support plan.
CAPITAL | NDIS Support Budget
Capital Supports include higher cost pieces of assistive technology, equipment or vehicle modifications. This funding budget is not flexible, funding must be used for its specific purpose. Quotes can be required.
- 05. Assistive Technologies: For example, mobility & personal care items, prosthetics, high powered wheelchairs, communication devices, vehicle modifications.
- 17. Special Disability Accommodation (SDA): For example, a specially designed house for people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.
- 19. Assistive Technology Repairs and Rental: For example, supports to repair and maintain assistive technology, and short-term rental and trial of assistive technology.
- 06. Home Modifications: For example handrails, ramp installation etc.
RECURRING | NDIS Support Budget
Recurring Supports is paid by the NDIA to you on a regular basis, so you don’t need to claim for this support. This funding is not included anywhere else in your budget.
- Transport Recurring: For example, this funding is for your everyday transport needs when you cannot use public transport or travel yourself. This could include taxis or private transport.