The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a support program. It helps the people in Australia who require support to live independently. People with any permanent mental, physical, or behavioural impairment are eligible for this disability program. It aims to help them reach their goals and live as independently as possible.
NDIS provides different types of support services to its participants that help in developing skills, independence, and NDIS community participation. The support under NDIS is funded in three different categories of budget. Participants can access a variety of services under these funds. Following are the three times of budgets funded under NDIS.
Budgets Under NDIS
Core Support
The first category of the budget under NDIS is Core Support. It is the most flexible budget as it allows the participants to use the funding for another category of support. This budget is designed to improve participants’ daily lives. It provides funding for assistance with daily living, transport, assistance with community participants, and consumables.
Capacity-Building Support
This category of the budget is designed to help the participants in increasing their skill set. NDIS aims to improve independence in its participants’ lives and it is impossible to do so, without enhancing their skills. Capacity-Building Support allows the funding for improved living, relationships, health, finding and keeping a job, home and living options, etc.
Capital Budget
The last category of the budget under NDIS is the Capital Budget. This category allows the participants to purchase high-cost assistive technology. Some participants might need some technology to become independent, and this budget allows them to access those. Low-cost assistive technology can be bought with the Core Support budget, whereas this budget can only be spent on high-tech equipment like wheelchairs or home modifications that enable the participants to move freely in their homes.
Unlike the Core Support category, the other two are not supposed to be used for any other category support. Capacity-Building and Capital budgets are strictly to be used for their respective services, which makes Core Support the only flexible budget category under NDIS.
NDIS And Community Participation
NDIS participants often find it difficult to socialise with different people. While this is a crucial part of becoming independent and skilled, it is not given enough importance by the participants. Being confined in their homes can never build their confidence which is why NDIS provides funding for community participation under Core Support.
By using this funding, the participants can have their support worker assist them in community settings. It helps them get more comfortable with the environment, knowing that someone they know is with them while they socialise with new people.
Capital-Building Support also promotes community participation because it allows the participants to learn new skills and get close to their goals. It is a great way to help them become a part of society so they can lead independent and ordinary lives and make new friends that will keep them entertained and busy.
Participants can use this funding to participate in personal developmental classes that help them in becoming better and stronger people. They can also attend social groups, clubs, and local libraries, or they can also use this funding for entertainment purposes like going to concerts, movies, or a holiday with other community participants.
NDIS community participation helps them become more social and gives them the opportunity to make new friends. Participants can join any community they like, and the support worker is responsible for assisting them if the participant needs him.
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