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NDIS Funding Categories and Descriptions

Understanding NDIS Under PACE

Core Supports	Descriptions
Assistance with Daily Life	Funding to covering expenses related to: • Personal care • Meal preparation • Cleaning • Gardening • Laundry
Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation	Funding to cover cost associated with accessing and participating in thecommunity, such as: • Community, social, recreational, or economic activities • One-to one support to attend a social outing or activity • Participate in sport and exercise, including joining a club
Consumable	Funding to pay for everyday items and/or low risk/low-cost items/products E.G: • Nutritional supplements • Continence products • Auslan or Signed English training • Low-cost assistive technology
Transport	Funding to cover transport from a provider, for example: • When a provider transports you to an activity that is not itself a support,or to a support that is delivered by another provider
Home and Living	To support participants to live as independently as possible. Options include: • Supported Independent Living • Medium Term Accommodation • Individual Living Options • Assistance with daily life tasks provided in a residential aged care facility
YPIRAC – Cross Billing	Funding for some of the fees and charges related to young people in residentialaged care, such as: • The basic care subsidy • Care and accommodation out-off-pocket costs

Capacity Building Supports	Descriptions
Behaviour Support	To pay for supports to help participants develop behavioural managementcapacities to reduce behaviours issues.
Choice and Control	Funding for a plan manager to manage your budget, process providers’ invoicesand your reimbursements claims.
Finding and keeping a Job	To cover supports that help participants to find and keep a job, such as;employment-related support, training, and assessments.
Health and Wellbeing	To pay for supports that are directly related to managing the impact ofparticipant’s disability on their health.
Improved Daily Living Skills	To cover supports to help participants to maintain, develop or increase theirskills and capacity for independence and community participation, includingassessments, training and therapy.
Improved Living Arrangements	To help participants to find and keep suitable accommodation to live in,including assistance with securing a rental property and meeting tenancyobligations.
Increased Social and Community Participation	To pay for support to help participants take part in skill-based learning todevelop independence in accessing the community.
Lifelong Learning	Supports funding to assist participants to move from school to tertiaryeducation such as; training, advice and support.
Relationships	Funding to help participants develop positive social skills and interact withothers in the community.
Support Coordination and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches	Funding for support coordinators and psychosocial recovery coaches to helpparticipants understand their NDIS plan and build connections with NDISproviders, the community, and other mainstream supports.

Capital Supports	Descriptions
Assistive Technology	Funding to cover specialised technology or equipment to assist participants tolive more independently, like: • Wheelchairs and other mobility equipment • Vehicle modifications • Electric beds • Bathing and toileting equipment • Vision assistive technology • Assistive products for personal care and safety • Communication devices • Hearing assistive technology • Assistive dogs [including guide dogs] • Prosthetics and orthotics • Custom shoes • Transfer equipment
Assistive Technology – Maintenance, Repair and Rental	Funding for supports to maintain and repair assistive technology and pay forshort term rental and trial of assistive technology supports
Home Modifications	Funding for structural modifications to participant’s home to make it easier forthem to live there, including assessment and maintenance of homemodifications.
Specialist Disability Accommodation	Funding for the costs associated with living in a house that’s designedspecifically for people with extreme functional impairment.

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