The NDIS Explained - NDIS Funding Categories

The NDIS is made up of 15 funding categories and it can be difficult to know what each one covers. This episode of NDSP Plan Managers' 'The NDIS Explained' will break down , in this video we'll breakdown each of these categories and what they can be used for.
A plan manager like NDSP Plan Managers can help you with any questions you may have about the categories in your plan. To find out more head to ndsp.com.au/
Video Transcript:
Capacity Building is one of the three budgets that can be added into your plan, along with CORE Support and Capital Support, each of these budgets has support categories that fall under them.
The Capital Supports Budget has the fewest number of categories under it with two, Assistive Technology and Home Modifications.
Assistive technology can be used for items that assist with mobility, personal care, communication, and recreational inclusion. This can include items such as wheelchairs or modifications to motor vehicles to make them more accessible to you.
Home Modification can be used for any modification to your home that makes it more accessible to you, such as a hand rail in the bathroom, or specialist disability accommodation.
The CORE Supports Budget has four support categories that fall under it: Assistance with Daily Life, Transport, Consumables and Assistance with Social and Community Participation. Funding can be moved from one category to another if you need more funds in one of the other CORE categories.
Assistance with Daily Life is reasonably self-explanatory covering the supports that assist you with day-to-day life, this can include activities such as household cleaning or garden maintenance.
The transport budget is there to support you travel to work and other places that can help you achieve your goals. How you can use this budget and how it is paid to you will vary from person to person, your LAC will be able to assist you with this when you get your plan.
The consumables budget can be used to purchase low-cost assistive technology and other equipment that can be used to help improve your independence or mobility.
Assistance with Social and Community Participation is any activity that involves interacting in a social environment, this can include a support worker who helps you participate in community-based activities or an organised sports activity.
The final budget is the Capacity Building Supports Budget, this has nine support categories under it, all with the goal of helping you build your independence and give you skills to reach your long-term goals. Unlike CORE these budgets cannot be moved from one category to another.
Capacity Building covers nine different support categories.
A Support Coordinator will help you find, manage and coordinate supports to help build your capacity and independence.
The improved living arrangements budget will support you to find and maintain an appropriate place to live that is accessible to you.
Increased Social and Community Participation is slightly different to Assistance with Social and Community Participation in that this focuses on increasing your skills to help you participate in community, social and recreational activities.
Finding and Keeping a Job will help you undertake training and assessments that can help you find a keep a job this also includes school leaver employment supports.
Improved Relationships will support you develop positive behaviours to help improve the relationships with others including your supports.
Improved Health and Wellbeing can be used for exercise such as personal training sessions or diet advice it can’t however, be used for gym memberships.
Improved Learning can be used for training or for advice on how to move from school to further education at University or TAFE.
Improved life choices can be used to have a plan manager such as NDSP Plan Managers pay your provider invoices on your behalf so you don’t have to worry about the administrative burden.
Improved Daily Living can be used for assessments, training or therapy that can help increase your skills, independence, and community participation.
At NDSP Plan Managers our team of NDIS experts will be able to talk you through all of the categories in your plan and how you can get the most out of them.

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Such a helpful explanation!

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How do cluster Bs (particularly NPD) go with the control plan?

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What a shame this is. People can't eat or pay for a roof even and wealthy people are getting money to go on holidays and drink piss.