Funding & Plans
Easy to Understand articles on NDIS funding, budgets, plan management, and applications - built on the current Pricing Arrangements.
Support at Home Explained: Aged Care's Program for Living at Home
Support at Home replaced Home Care Packages in 2025. How it works - ongoing classifications, short-term pathways, and where AT-HM equipment funding fits.
Read more →Aged Care Equipment Funding: The Support at Home AT-HM Scheme
How older Australians fund equipment and home modifications through the aged care AT-HM scheme - tiers, assessment, and how it differs from the NDIS.
Read more →The Continence Aids Payment Scheme (CAPS) Explained
What CAPS is, who it helps, how the annual payment works, and how it differs from the NDIS - a plain guide to the Continence Aids Payment Scheme.
Read more →DVA RAP: Equipment Funding for Veterans
How eligible veterans get equipment and modifications through DVA's Rehabilitation Appliances Program - eligibility, the process, and the prescription rule.
Read more →How NDIS Assistive Technology Funding Works
How the NDIS funds assistive technology - the low, mid and high-cost bands, what evidence each needs, quotes, repairs, and buying by plan type.
Read more →NDIS Budget Flexibility: What Money Can Move and What Can't
Flexible versus stated NDIS funding - which budgets let you move money between categories, which lock it to a purpose, and why it matters for buying.
Read more →Price Limits on the NDIS: What They Do and Don't Mean
What a price limit on an NDIS plan actually is - a ceiling on charges, not a price the scheme pays - and how limits differ by plan, area and year.
Read more →Equipment Funding Beyond the NDIS: CAPS, DVA and More
Assistive equipment funding beyond the NDIS - CAPS, Support at Home and AT-HM, DVA's RAP, and state schemes - and how they differ from the NDIS.
Read more →How Does NDIS Funding Work? An Easy to Understand Guide
How NDIS funding actually works - budget types, support categories, and price limits explained without the jargon, so you can reason about your own plan.
Read more →How to Apply for the NDIS: Access Requests Explained
How to apply for the NDIS - who can apply, the access request steps, the evidence you gather, and how the eligibility decision is made.
Read more →NDIS Eligibility: What the NDIA Looks At
NDIS eligibility explained - the age, residence, disability, and early intervention criteria the NDIA looks at, framed as published rules, not a decision.
Read more →NDIS Plan Management: Self, Plan, and Agency Managed
The three ways an NDIS plan can be managed - self-managed, plan-managed, and agency-managed - and how each changes provider choice and paperwork.
Read more →The NDIS Supports Lists Explained: Funded and Not Funded
The two NDIS supports lists explained - what counts as an NDIS support, what never does, and how replacement supports let you swap for an everyday item.
Read more →Self-Managed vs Plan-Managed NDIS: Which Suits You?
The real differences between self-managing and plan-managing an NDIS plan - control, paperwork, provider choice, and how to switch.
Read more →What Does the NDIS Pay For? The Reasonable and Necessary Test
What the NDIS pays for, how the reasonable and necessary test works, and why the same item can be funded for one person and not another.
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