NDIS funding guide
Understanding NDIS funding
How NDIS funding works for everyday supports, Supported Independent Living and SDA: what may be included in a plan, which budget usually pays, and what to discuss with your NDIS contact.
The basics
How NDIS funding works
The NDIS funds supports that are related to your disability and are reasonable and necessary. Your plan groups that funding into support budgets: Core Supports for everyday life, Capacity Building for building skills, and Capital for equipment, home modifications and Specialist Disability Accommodation.
A support may be funded where it's included and appropriate in your plan. Funding isn't automatic: it depends on your goals, your evidence and the NDIA's decision. Most new plans release funding in periods, usually every 3 months.
What to discuss with your NDIS contact
- Your goals, and the supports that would help you reach them
- What help you need across an ordinary day and night
- Where and how you'd like to live, if you're thinking about SIL or SDA
- The reports and assessments you already have, and any you need
- Anything that's changed since your last plan, such as a hospital stay
- How you want your funding managed: NDIA-managed, plan-managed or self-managed
Guides
NDIS funding guides and articles
- NDIS guide
Understanding your NDIS plan budgets
What Core, Capacity Building and Capital budgets pay for, how flexible each is, how funding periods work, and what's changing to budgets from October 2026.
4 min read - NDIS guide
How to get SIL funding in your NDIS plan
Who the NDIA funds SIL for, the evidence you'll need, how the amount is worked out, and what to do if your needs change or you disagree with the decision.
5 min read - NDIS guide
SIL, SDA and ILO: what's the difference?
Supported Independent Living, Specialist Disability Accommodation and Individualised Living Options explained side by side, plus medium-term accommodation and onsite shared support.
6 min read - NDIS guide
What is the NDIS, and how does it work?
A plain-English guide to the National Disability Insurance Scheme: who can apply, how to apply, what it funds, how plans are managed, and what's changing to 2028.
8 min read - Blog
What does SIL funding cover? What's included and what isn't
What SIL funding covers in supported independent living: the support it pays for, the everyday costs it doesn't, how overnight and shared support work, and what you pay yourself.
6 min read - Blog
SDA design categories explained: the 4 types of specialist disability accommodation
The 4 SDA design categories explained in plain English: Improved Liveability, Fully Accessible, Robust and High Physical Support, plus building types, eligibility and rent.
5 min read - Blog
NDIS daily living supports: what Assistance with Daily Life covers in your Core budget
What NDIS daily living supports cover under your Core budget: personal care, household tasks and more, how Core funding flexibility works, and what changed on 1 October 2026.
4 min read - Blog
NDIS plan management options: self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA-managed?
The 3 NDIS plan management options compared: self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed, which providers you can use, how to change, and the plan manager panel from 2027.
4 min read
Our supports
Which budget usually pays for our supports
A guide only. Supports may be funded where they're included and appropriate in your plan, and your plan may describe them differently.
| Support | Usually funded from | Support category |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Living Support | Core Supports / Capacity Building | Assistance with Daily Life / Improved Daily Living |
| Community Participation | Core Supports | Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation |
| Transport | Core Supports | Transport |
| Supported Independent Living | Core Supports | Assistance with Daily Life (SIL) |
| Specialist Disability Accommodation | Capital | Specialist Disability Accommodation |
| Complex Care 24/7 | Core Supports | Assistance with Daily Life (high intensity) |
| Short Notice Placements | Core Supports | Short-Term Accommodation, Medium Term Accommodation or SIL |
| Private Duty Nursing | Core Supports / Capacity Building | Assistance with Daily Life, or Improved Health and Wellbeing |
For the official rules, see What is NDIS funding and What are NDIS supports on ndis.gov.au.
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