Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program
The Australian Government has established a grants program to support NDIS providers in meeting their quality and safeguarding responsibilities.
The Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program is administered by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) and funds the development and delivery of tools and resources that are available to NDIS providers and participants. These large-scale projects focus on supporting providers to meet their responsibilities to provide safe and quality services to NDIS participants.
Contact us about the Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program by emailing grants@ndiscommission.gov.au.
For current Grant Opportunity Guidelines and information on how to apply, visit the Current Opportunities page on the GrantConnect website.
Grant opportunities 2022-2023
Three grant opportunities were offered for the 2022-2023 round under the Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program. The funded activities will develop resources and solutions through co-design and consultation with NDIS participants.
The 2022 – 2023 grant opportunities were:
This project will increase provider and worker awareness of the rights of people with disability receiving behaviour support services and strengthen participant and provider connections to improve behaviour support outcomes. The objective of this grant is to respond to the issue of people who are experiencing behaviours of concern and restrictive practices lacking effective consultation and participation during the development of their NDIS behaviour support plans.
This project will assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers. The objective of this grant is to implement a robust and transparent co-design process with the relevant cohort to develop a suite of resources and tools, along with increasing participant awareness of what quality services and best-practice service delivery looks like. Applicants are encouraged to focus their proposal on one of the following cohorts of participants:
- First Nations people, including those in remote communities
- people with disability who require support for decision-making
- people living in specialist disability accommodation or supported accommodation settings
- children and young people with disability
- people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds
- people who identify as LGBTIQA+, or
- people with psychosocial disabilities.
This project will support development and testing of a digital solution for provider complaints handling. The objective of this grant is to develop and pilot an innovative digital complaint resolution system that facilitates early, efficient and effective resolution of complaints directly between NDIS participants and providers.
Grant Awards
A range of grants have been awarded under the Support for NDIS Providers grants program from a mix of open and targeted grant opportunities commencing from 2018. Deliverables under these grants have included training products, information sessions, webinars, tools and a range of other accessible resources.
Across the 2022/23 grant opportunities, seven successful grantees have been awarded grants for a total of $4,398,168.67 (excl. GST).
The grants awarded are as follows:
- Awarded to the University of Melbourne (lead agency in a consortium) for the amount of $1,019,528 (excl. GST).
- Awarded to Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Aboriginal Corporation for the amount of $390,511.67 (excl. GST), with a focus on First Nations participants.
- Awarded to Settlement Services International (SSI) for the amount of $681,599 (excl. GST), with a focus on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse participants.
- Awarded to Summer Foundation Ltd for the amount of $480,770 (excl. GST), with a focus on participants living in specialist disability accommodation (SDA).
- Awarded to Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, trading as Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS), for the amount of $749,548 (excl. GST) with a focus on children and young people who are NDIS participants.
- Awarded to Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) for the amount of $578,722 (excl. GST) with a focus on participants experiencing psychosocial disability.
- Awarded to nTrustus Pty Ltd for the amount of $497,490 (excl. GST).
Details of awarded grants are available on GrantConnect (under Grant Awards) and are listed below.
List of all grants awarded to 30 June 2023
Click on a Grant Recipient name to find out more about the successful grantees and projects as they are developed (where available).
Financial Year |
Grant Recipient |
Location |
Grant Opportunity and Activity |
Amount (GST Exc) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-23 |
nTrustus Pty Ltd |
Sydney NSW |
GO6051: Digital solution for provider complaints handling |
$497,490 |
2022-23 |
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) Aboriginal Corporation |
Nhulunbuy NT |
GO6050: Resources to assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers Focus Area: First Nations Participants |
$390,511.67 |
2022-23 |
Ashfield NSW |
GO6050: Resources to assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers Focus Area: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Participants |
$681,599 |
|
2022-23 |
Box Hill VIC |
GO6050: Resources to assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers Focus Area: Participants living in Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) |
$480,770 |
|
2022-23 |
Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc, trading as Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) |
Melbourne VIC |
GO6050: Resources to assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers Focus Area: Children and Young People who are participants in the NDIS |
$749,548 |
2022-23 |
Prahran VIC |
GO6050: Resources to assist participants to understand their rights, make complaints and raise issues with NDIS providers Focus Area: Participants experiencing psychosocial disability |
$578,722 |
|
2022-23 |
The University of Melbourne (Lead agency in a consortium) |
Parkville VIC |
GO6049: The Right Direction – Strengthening participant and provider connections to improve behaviour support outcomes |
$1,019,528 |
2021-22 |
Shepparton VIC |
GO5266: Provider Capability for First Nations Australians in Rural and Remote Communities |
$205,000 |
|
2021-22 |
Perth WA |
GO5266: Provider Capability for First Nations Australians in Rural and Remote Communities |
$150,000 |
|
2021-22 |
Allied Health Professions Australia |
Melbourne VIC |
GO5224: Support for Allied Health Professionals to Undertake Registration – Stage 2 |
$27,000 |
2021-22 |
West End QLD |
GO5182: Training and Support for Consumer Technical Experts |
$3,916,420 |
|
2021-22 |
Enmore NSW |
GO5181: Emergency and Disaster Management: Tools and resources to support NDIS Providers |
$700,000 |
|
2020-21 |
Parkville VIC |
GO4772: Enabling Behaviour Support Practitioners to meet behaviour support practice standards and registration obligations |
$1,250,000 |
|
2020-21 |
Adelaide SA |
GO4771: Bringing supported decision making to behaviour support. |
$748,395 |
|
2020-21 |
Cremorne VIC |
GO4770: Your Service, Your Rights National Roll-out |
$1,500,000 |
|
2019-20 |
Ultimo NSW |
GO3791: Co-creating Safe and Enjoyable Meals for People with Disability and Dysphagia |
$662,000 |
|
2019-20 |
Melbourne VIC |
GO3789: 'Supporting Intermediary Providers' to register, deliver quality service and build capability within the NDIS. |
$400,000 |
|
2019-20 |
Aged & Community Services Australia |
Melbourne VIC |
GO3347: Supporting NDIS Participants in Residential Aged Care |
$950,000 |
2019-20 |
Deakin, ACT |
GO3346: Risk, Incident and Complaint Management Systems for Small Providers |
$750,000 |
|
2019-20 |
Cremorne VIC |
GO3344: Self-Managing Participants - New Rules, New Solutions |
$200,000 |
|
2018-19 |
Melbourne VIC |
GO2407: Support for allied health professionals to undertake registration with the NDIS |
$500,000 |
|
2018-19 |
Surry Hills NSW |
GO2404: Develop and present resources and workshops for people with intellectual disability. |
$400,000 |
|
2018-19 |
Paddington QLD |
GO2401: Online education and capacity building for NDIS providers. |
$741,796 |
|
2018-19 |
South Nowra NSW |
GO2401: Our Story, Our Journey: Supporting Aboriginal Services to become NDIS Providers. |
$396,918 |
|
2018-19 |
Bundoora VIC |
GO2401: Resources for Delivering and Monitoring Quality of Evidence Informed Practice. |
$750,000 |
|
2018-19 |
Lilyfield NSW |
GO2401: Forum and webinars on Quality Assurance for providers supporting people with psychosocial disability. |
$629,000 |
|
2018-19 |
Deakin ACT |
GO2401: 'Conversations and Collaborations' project, including workshops and materials for Communities of Practice, Restrictive Practices, Code of Conduct and Quality Assurance. |
$750,000 |
|
2018-19 |
North Ryde NSW |
GO2401: Instructional Program and Resource Pack for providers and boards to meet Quality Assurance. |
$396,600 |
|
2018-19 |
Box Hill VIC |
GO2401: Specialist Disability Accommodation quality and safeguards education, training and capacity building. |
$481,701 |
|
2018-19 |
North Parramatta NSW |
GO2401: Best‐in‐Class: A practice framework for High Intensity Daily Personal Activities. |
$674,550 |