NDIS Plan Funded Supports Explained: Core Supports Budget

There are three Support Budgets that can be found in NDIS Plans. Today we're reviewing the Core Supports Budget.

Following on from a previous blog, "NDIS Plan Funded Supports: Introduction", we're diving further into one of the three Supports Budgets: Core Supports Budget.

The Core Supports Budget includes supports that enable you to complete daily living activities. They are flexible so that you can choose specific supports within this budget, but you cannot reallocate this funding for another Support Budget (such as Capacity Building Budget or Capital Support Budget).

Within the Core Supports Budget, you may find one, some or all of the following categories:

1. Assistance with Daily Life
2. Assistance with Social & Community Participation
3. Assistance with Work
4. Consumables
5. Transport

 Let's take a look at each of these categories below.

Assistance with Daily Life

This category provides for the assistance you may need for everyday living. Typical things this covers includes:

• Assistance with self-care activities
• Establishment fees for new providers
• Short-term accommodation (STA) including respite care
• Medium-term accommodation
• Supported Independent Living (SIL)
• Assistance with personal domestic activities
• House and/or yard maintenance
• House cleaning and other household activities
• On-call overnight monitoring (quote required)
• Linen service (quote required)
• Assistance with the cost of preparation and delivery of meals (quote required)
• Assistance in living arrangements (quote required)

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Assistance with Social & Community Participation

This category provides for the supports that enable you to engage in social or recreational activities. Typical things this covers includes a support worker who assists you with:

• Participation in community and social activities
• Group-based and centre-based activities

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Assistance with Work

This category provides for the supports that you may need to engage in employment. Typical things this covers includes:

• Assistance to access and maintain employment or higher education
• Specialised supported employment

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Consumables

This category provides for the purchase of everyday-use items. Typical things this covers includes:

• Continence aids
• Disability-related health consumables
• Customised prosthetics (including orthotics) 
• Interpreting and translation services
• Assistive products for personal care and safety
• Personal mobility equipment
• Vision equipment
• Hearing equipment
• Communication and information equipment
• Assistance animals (for example, guide dogs)

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Transport

This category provides for situations where you are unable to use public transport due to your disability. Typical things this covers includes:

• Transport such as a bus or taxi hire to attend activities
• Transport such as a bus or taxi hire to attend employment

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What About The Other Support Budgets?

You're probably wondering about the other Support Budgets: "Capacity Building Budget" and "Capital Supports Budget":

* What do they cover? *
* How flexible are they? *
* How can I make the most out of my NDIS Plan's Funded Supports Budget? *

We will cover them in an upcoming blog, however, if you can't wait and want immediate access to that information, we've answered all these questions in this document: which you can get a copy of by clicking on the or clicking on the image below.