NDIS funding is grouped into three budgets: Core, Capacity Building, and Capital. Core covers everyday assistance and consumables, Capacity Building funds skill development and independence, and Capital pays for assistive technology and home modifications. Within each budget, support categories define what your funds can be spent on.
Core is usually the largest and most flexible part of a plan. It funds the supports you use day to day, and in most cases you can move funding between its categories to suit your routine.
Core breaks down into Assistance with Daily Life, Assistance with Social and Community Participation, Consumables, and Transport. Together these cover help at home, getting out and about, everyday items, and travel related to your disability.
Capacity Building funds are tied to specific categories and aim to build skills that reduce your need for support over time. Unlike Core, you generally cannot move money between these categories.
Common categories include Support Coordination, Improved Daily Living (therapies and assessments), Finding and Keeping a Job, and Improved Living Arrangements. Each links directly to a goal in your plan, such as gaining employment or living more independently.
Capital covers one-off, higher-value supports. This includes Assistive Technology such as wheelchairs, communication devices, or vehicle modifications, plus Home Modifications and Specialist Disability Accommodation for those with very high support needs.
Capital funding is the least flexible budget. Each item is usually quoted and approved individually, and funds cannot be redirected to other types of support.
The NDIS sets maximum prices for many supports, and these are reviewed and updated each year on 1 July. Providers cannot charge above the listed maximum for a regulated support, though they may charge less.
Because amounts change annually and vary by support type and location, always check the current figures rather than relying on older numbers. The NDIS price guide is the authoritative source for what each support item can cost.
Maximum prices update every 1 July. Use our price guide tool to see what supports cost under the latest arrangements.
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