NDIS transition assistance funding opens

TheAustralian Government has opened the second round of Transition AssistanceFunding to help businesses build their workforce capabilities to effectively operatein the NDIS.

A totalfunding pool of $8.8 million is available in this latest round.

Disability and aged care organisations in the from Mackay to Towsville should get their applications in for a share of Transition Assistance Funding. There are 440 grants, worth up to $20,000 each, currently on offer.

This funding will assist organisations in our region in their early stages of transition, and it will go a long way to helping ensure local businesses have the tools and capabilities needed to deliver supports to NDIS participants.

The fundingcan be used for tailored business advice, software upgrades and otherone-on-one supports that will help local businesses to get ‘NDIS-ready’.

Theobjective of the Transition Assistance Funding is to help providers transitionto the NDIS while also creating more jobs in the disability and aged caresectors, particularly within regional, rural and outer metropolitan areasacross Australia.

An additional 90,000 full-time equivalent employees are required to meet the demand for NDIS services over the next five years, which is why the Morrison LNP Government is committed to investing in this area.

The second round of Transition Assistance Funding is open now and will close at 11pm on Friday 8 November 2019.

More information is available on the Community Grants Hub at www.communitygrants.gov.au