Archive · 11 Sep 2026
NDIS Support Services: Budgets, Eligibility, and Access Explained
The NDIS helps eligible people pay for disability-related supports.
Each plan usually has three main budgets.
Core funding pays for everyday help, such as personal care, household tasks and joining community activities.
Capacity-building funding pays for services that help a person develop skills or independence, such as therapy.
Capital funding pays for certain equipment or changes to a home or vehicle.
A support must be related to the person’s disability and meet the NDIS reasonable-and-necessary rules.
People choose providers and agree on how supports will be delivered and paid for.
Support coordinators or local area coordinators can help people understand and use their plans.
NDIS plans organise funding into core, capacity-building and capital budgets.
Core funding can cover daily assistance, community access, consumables and transportation.
Capacity-building funding supports therapies, coordination, employment assistance and skill development.
Capital funding can cover approved assistive technology, wheelchairs, communication devices and modifications.
Supports must be disability-related, effective, value for money and considered reasonable and necessary.
- Who
- NDIS participants, providers, support coordinators and local area coordinators are involved in accessing supports.
- What
- The article explains which services the NDIS may fund, how its three budgets work and how participants access providers.
- When
- The information refers to the 2025–26 therapy pricing period and says SIL providers will need NDIS registration from 1 July 2026.
- Where
- The scheme operates in Australia.
- Why
- The guidance aims to help participants use their plans effectively while ensuring supports meet the NDIS reasonable-and-necessary requirements.
- Scheme membership
- The NDIS has more than 750,000 members, according to the article.
- Core supports
- Daily assistance, community access, consumables and transportation.
- Capacity-building supports
- Therapies, support coordination, employment assistance and skill-building programs.
- Capital supports
- Approved assistive technology, wheelchairs, communication devices, vehicle modifications and home modifications.
- Therapy pricing
- Most therapy disciplines are priced at around $190 per hour in 2025–26.
- Support coordination
- It is not automatic and must be specifically funded in a participant’s plan.
- Provider registration
- Supported independent living providers will need to be registered with the NDIS Commission from 1 July 2026.