This post was published on October 9, 2016.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides support to people with disability, their families and carers. It is jointly governed and funded by the Australian and participating states and territory governments. The NDIS is being introduced across Australia from July 2016, except in Western Australia where it is still being trialled.
The main component of the NDIS is individualised packages of support to eligible people with disability. When the NDIS is fully implemented in 2019, it is expected that around 460,000 Australians will receive individualised supports.
The NDIS also has a broader role in helping people with disability to:
- access mainstream services, such as health, housing and education
- access community services, such as sports clubs and libraries and
- maintain informal supports, such as family and friends.
The NDIS is a great place to start a business based on foreseeing trends, the government funding value and the amount of disabled that currently live in Australia. Resources have been developed to assist you in running your own business within the NDIS and can be found attached. This will help you in maintaining your business and help developing a start.
To apply for registration for the NDIS, this can be done by a Provider Digital Access Portal aka PRODA
Download the Quality Improvement Plan
Download the Policies and Procedure Business Manual
