Last Updated: March 2025
Support budgets in your NDIS plan
There are three types of support budgets that are funded by your plan:
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Core Supports budget
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Capacity Building Supports budget
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Capital Supports budget
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Recurring
1. Core Supports budget (flexible, use across all categories)
- Core Supports help you with:
- everyday activities,
- your current disability-related needs and
- to work towards your goals.
- Your Core Supports budget is the most flexible because you can use your funding across any of the following 4 support categories (in most cases).
*Notice the difference in category names between your plan and the Myplace portal.
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Assistance with Daily Life | For example, assistance with everyday needs, household cleaning and/or yard maintenance. Find Support Worker Rates here. |
| Consumables | Everyday items you may need. For example, continence products or low-cost assistive technology and equipment to improve your independence and/or mobility. Find prices for Consumables here. |
| Assistance with Social & Community Participation | For example, a support worker to assist you to participate in social and community activities. Find Support Worker rates here. |
| Home and Living |
For example, this includes Supported Independent Living (SIL), Independent Living Options (ILO) and Medium Term Accommodation (MTA). |
| Transport | This is support that helps you travel to work or other places that will help you achieve the goals in your plan. How you can spend your transport funding and how it is paid to you (whether upfront or in regular payments) will be different for each person. Your LAC will explain how you can use this budget. |
2. Capacity Building Supports budget (fixed for each category)
- Capacity Building Supports help:
- build your independence and skills
- reach your long-term goals.
- Your Capacity Building Funds are NOT flexible - they cannot be moved from one support category to another.
- Funding can only be used to purchase approved Capacity Building supports (see support catalogue).
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Support Coordination and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches | This is a fixed amount for a Support Coordinator or Recovery Coach. |
| Improved Living Arrangements |
Support to help you find and maintain an appropriate place to live. |
| Increased Social & Community Participation | Development and training to increase your skills so you can participate in community, social and recreational activities. |
| Finding & Keeping a Job | This may include employment-related support, training and assessments that help you find and keep a job, such as the School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES). |
| Behaviour Supports |
Funding for a registered Behaviour Support Practitioner to deliver:
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| Relationships | This support will help you develop positive behaviours and interact with others. |
| Health & Wellbeing | Including exercise or diet advice to manage the impact of your disability. The NDIS does not fund gym memberships. |
| Lifelong Learning | Examples include training, advice and help for you to move from school to further education, such as university or TAFE. |
| Choice & Control | Plan management to help you manage your plan, funding and paying for services. |
| Improved Daily Living Skilld | Assessment, training or therapy to help increase your skills, independence and community participation. These services can be delivered in groups or individually. Find Prices for Therapy here. |
3. Capital Supports budget
- Capital Supports include:
- higher-cost pieces of assistive technology,
- equipment and
- home or vehicle modifications.
- They can fund one-off purchases you may need (including Specialist Disability Accommodation).
- They can only be used for their specific purpose - cannot be used to pay for anything else.
The Capital Supports budget has two support categories:
*Notice the difference in category names between your plan and the Myplace portal.
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Assistive Technology (AT) | This includes equipment items for mobility, personal care, communication and recreational inclusion such as wheelchairs or vehicle modifications. |
| Assistive Technology, Maintenance, Repair and Rental |
AT Repair, Rental Technology and Maintenance support Items split from Assistive Technology. It includes these support items:
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| Home Modifications | This includes home modifications such as the installation of a hand rail in a bathroom or a ramp in a doorway. |
| Specialised Disability AccommodaFon (SDA) |
It includes these support items for:
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4. Recurring
This includes recurring transport funding.
Other information
Stated Supports – Not flexible
- Any services listed as ‘stated supports’ are not flexible.
- You can’t use this funding for anything else.
- You can't swap ‘stated supports’ for any other supports.
In-kind Supports – Pre-paid Supports
- These supports are listed as ‘in-kind’ in your plan.
- It means the service has already been paid for by your state, territory or the Australian government.
- You must use this provider as they have already received payment and will provide all services that are booked.
- This means you cannot choose a provider for that service.
- If you have concerns about a provider you can speak to an ECEI Coordinator, LAC or NDIA planner.
As the NDIS roll out continues across Australia, it is expected that in-kind supports will be phased out and you will have choice and control over the providers you use.
Quote Required
Where a support is listed as ‘quote required’ additional information such as quotes and/or specialist reports will be required before funding can be made available in your plan.
Mobility Allowance
- Your eligibility for the Mobility Allowance payment ends when you receive an NDIS plan.
- This is because transport funding will be in your plan instead.
- You will keep your Health Care Card if you have one.
For more information on Mobility Allowance visit the Department of Human Services website
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