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The NDIS is designed to
give people with disability
more choice and control
over supports, but it also
means managing the budgets
for those supports. For
many people this is quite
a daunting responsibility:
How do I spend my budgets
wisely? And how to keep
track of how much I’m
Plan Partners’ Finance
Manager, James Hao,
shows the online
dashboard to a customer.
spending? James Hao,
Finance Manager from
Plan Partners, explains.
Managing your NDIS budgets
T
o make sure you spend your One risk is ‘overspending’: it can be Partners will manage your NDIS
budgets wisely, it’s important surprisingly easy to get through your finances. We know exactly what the
to clearly understand what the NDIS funds too quickly, which might NDIS usually funds and what not.
cause you to ease up or even stop We will process all your invoices,
receiving certain supports, pay out so you don’t have to worry about your
what budgets the NDIS has allocated of your own pocket or request a plan providers being paid. And best of
to your supports, in up to 15 review mid-way. all, we also give you access to your
NDIS funds – and what not.
Your NDIS plan states exactly
categories of supports, for instance
The other risk is ‘underspending’:
‘Consumables’, ‘Assistance with If you’re not spending all your can easily keep track of your budgets
Social and Community Participation’ budgets, the NDIS might decide to and see the status of your invoices.
and ‘Improved Life Choices’. Finding reduce your budgets in your next out what is exactly covered under NDIS plan, which can seriously impact Manager to support you in managing
these categories can be pretty the supports you can receive. your NDIS funds? Just ask for Plan
hard, and the NDIS only funds your
Would you like to have a Plan
Management in your planning
supports if they are directly related Get an expert to support you meeting – it is your legal right to
to your disability and are considered You might think, “I don’t have the have it included in your NDIS plan.
reasonable and necessary.
time or energy to dive into all this”. Do you already have an NDIS plan
But a great thing about the NDIS but no Plan Management included?
Tracking your spending is that it can actually fund a Plan This might be a good reason to ask
There are two big risks if you don’t Manager for you. for a review.
keep a close eye on your spending.
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own online dashboard, where you
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