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The contents of this document are OFFICIAL. Understand transport supports
This article provides guidance for a planner delegate to: • calculate transport supports • find the right support category • understand what to consider if transport supports are part of community participation.
Recent updates July 2023 • Article renamed to Understand transport supports. • Added before you start and next steps sections.
Before you start You have read and understood: • Our Guideline – Reasonable and necessary supports (external) • Operational Guideline - Including specific types of supports in plans – transport • article Understand the product catalogue • article Support Categories.
Calculate transport supports To help you decide how much funding to include in the participant’s plan, use the Operational Guideline - Including specific types of supports in plans – transport. If the transport funding is above Transport Assistance Level 3, or isn’t related to activity-based transport, you’ll need to seek advice from the Technical Advisory Branch (TAB). For more information, refer to article Creating a technical advice case. Find the right support category Transport can be funded in Core or Recurring support categories.
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You will need to read article Understand the product catalogue to determine the correct support category. What to consider if transport support is part of community participation A participant might request transport support as part of community participation. Participants can use their transport budget funding for a support worker to help them: • participate in community activities • transport from their home to the community.
Providers claim these labour costs at the relevant community participation hourly rate. For example: individual or group rates. You must also consider non-labour costs when deciding how much funding to include. Providers can claim non-labour transport costs to help the participant: • access community participation supports • access or maintain employment • access or maintain higher education.
Non-labour costs associated with participant transport can include: • public transport fares • road tolls • parking fees • reasonable vehicle running costs • taxi or ride-share fares.
Refer to the NDIS Pricing Arrangement and Price Limits for more information about provider travel – labour and non-labour costs. Next steps Add or update transport supports in a plan.
- For a plan approval case, refer to article Add or update transport supports in a plan approval case or
- For a participant budget update case, refer to article Add or update transport supports in a participant budget update case.
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Article topics and case names -— internal use only
Topics This article relates to the following topics:
e Transport
Case names You can use this guidance for the: e Plan Approval
e Plan Change e Participant Budget Update
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Version Amended Brief Description of Change Status by 1.1 AMK633 _|Added text into Knowledge Article template DRAFT 2023-04-24 pem3os |“
New draft for system enhancements to transport funding in PACE release 1.13
1.2 AMK633 _ |Peer review DRAFT 2023-05-04 1.3 DCM308 |Action peer review feedback DRAFT 2023-05-05 Flesch Readability level 47.2 Grade 9.8
Passive voice 12.9%
1.4 DCM308 |New draft with updated information received DRAFT 2023-06-08 from build showcase
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Version Amended Brief Description of Change by 1.5 DCM308 |Article renamed to Understand transport DRAFT 2023-06-08 supports.
System steps moved to independent articles:
e Add or update transport supports for a Plan Approval case.
e Add or update transport supports for a Participant Budget Update case.
1.6 MSM312 |Peer review DRAFT 2023-06-20 1.7 RWN540 |Amendments following peer review DRAFT 2023-06-20 1.8 DD0014 |EL1 review DRAFT 2023-06-22 1.9 DCM308 |Action EL1 review DRAFT 2023-06-26 Flesch Readability level 34.0 Grade 10.0 Passive voice 0.0% 1.10 DCM308 |Collate SME Feedback DRAFT 2023-06-30
e Service Delivery
e Visible thread
1.11 DCM308 |Action SME Feedback DRAFT 2023-06-30 Cleaned for DO review Flesch Readability level 33.0 Grade 10.1
Passive voice 0.0%
1.12 CTM829 |EL2 review DRAFT 2023-07-17
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Version Amended Brief Description of Change by 1.13 DCM308 |Added new sections as per knowledge article DRAFT 2023-07-20 template v6.0 Updated user role names Cleaned for BiL endorsement 2.0 CTM829 |EL2 Class 1 approval APPROVED | 2023-07-21
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