Transportation Assistance: All you need to know

Traveling from one place to another can be challenging for people who find it substantially difficult. To tackle this issue, the participants will be able to access transportation funding to get to their important medical appointments, community meetings, recreational activities, shopping, and many more things that can be achieved under NDIS transportation funding.

However, transportation assistance cannot be used by the carers to travel to the places for their personal needs, rather it can only be utilised to fulfill the travel intention of the participants.

Hold on till the end of this blog as we will walk you through all you need to know about the NDIS Transportation fund and the types of assistance participants can access

The NDIS transport budget is divided into three levels

The NDIS has divided the transport funding into three levels, each consisting of different levels of funding tailored to meet the expected requirement of the participants going through certain phases of their life. 

For instance, according to the NDIS, participants who are not studying or working at the moment belong to the level 1 group and get funding of about $1,606 per year to enhance their community access. 

However, Participants who are studying part-time (up to 15 hours a week) or working can access about $2,472 per year. This also includes visiting recreational activities, and social and community participation and this funding falls under the second level 

The level three Participants are those who are employed, seeking employment, or enrolled in school full-time for at least 15 hours a week and are unable to use public transportation due to a disability may receive up to $3,456 annually from the NDIS.

Types of Transport Assistance

Private Transportation Service: In the case of private transportation service, the participants can benefit from booking a personal ride like taxis or specially designed vehicles to make travel easy to get to visit shopping, doctor’s appointments, and even go to or from disability care house. 

Community Transport Assistance: The Community Transport Assistance is nothing but a carpool service accessed by a group of NDIS participants, especially vans or buses that also has wheel-chair friendly support. The vehicle will make multiple stops considering the different locations headed by the participants

Shared Transport Assistance:  The transport assistance here is similar to that of the Community Transport Assistance. The only difference being the vehicle is headed to the same destination without making multiple stops.

Public Transport Assistance: In this scenario, the participant can access public transport assistance with the help of a carer if he/she finds it difficult to commute public transport such as trains and buses.

Conclusion 

Traveling to different places can be a daunting task for people suffering from substantial disabilities. The NDIS Transportation Assistance Fund is a great way to benefit from getting to places whenever required. 

The best part of the transportation assistance is that the participants can access the service for shopping, and visiting disability care centre to access various skill building activities, including social and community participation.