What is CORE SUPPORTS funding?

What is CORE SUPPORTS funding?

Core funding includes supports to help you with:
  1. Your everyday living activities
  2. Your current disability related needs
  3. To help you work towards your longer term goals

Budget support categories in Core:

This is the most flexible budget because you can use your funding across the CORE support categories in most cases.
The categories include:
  1. Category 1 - Assistance with Daily Life
  2. Category 2 - Transport
  3. Category 3 - Consumables
  4. Category 4 - Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation

As of November 2023, the NDIS released two NEW categories under the CORE budget:
  1. Category 16 (NEW) Home and Living
  2. Category 21 (NEW) - Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC)

Examples of supports funded:

Here is a brief overview of the types of supports that may be funded under each CORE category:

SupportExamples
Support at home1:1 support from a support worker to assist with self care and daily activities
House cleaning & essential household activities
House and/or yard maintenance
Meal preparation & delivery***
Respite for informal supports*** (up to 28 days)
Support in the
community		1:1 support from a support worker to access and participate in social
& community activities i.e. visiting friends, camps, hobbies, learning new skills
Consumables/
low cost AT
Continence Items, Daily Living solutions/equipment      
Purchase of low-cost low risk assistive technology (see What is low-cost AT for more info)**
TransportIf funded, this will be listed as a seperate section in your plan,
and paid fortnightly directly in your nominated bank account to be used towards 
Home & LivingShort term disability accomodation supports - STA
Longer term disability accomodation options - ILO, MTA and SIL
YPIRACSupport for younger people in residential aged care - this mostly includes support within the aged care facility NOT accomodation costs, living expenses and some care fees that the NDIS can't fund
** The following supports must be specifically stated, listed or quoted in the plan in order for funding to be used for these supports


What can & can't be funded under each category?

For more details information on what supports can and can't be funded under each specific support category - click the links below:

  1. What is Assistance with Daily Life funding?
  2. What is Transport funding?
  3. What is Consumables funding?
  4. What is Assistance with Social & Community Participation?
  5. What is Home and Living funding?
  6. What is Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC)?



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