Guides and resources
Plain-English NDIS guides for participants, families and support coordinators. Free to read, print and share.
Tools and guides
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Respite and STA cost
Got a respite referral? See a price-limit estimate before you ask for quotes.
- You enter
- Dates and times, ratio, overnight type
- You get
- A price-limit estimate, day by day, with every assumption shown — public holidays included
SIL roster of care
What does a 24-hour roster cost, and what does a budget actually buy?
- You enter
- The house, the shifts and the staffing — or just the budget
- You get
- Hours, weekly and yearly price-limit estimates, and your own NDIA roster spreadsheet filled in
Plan budget planner
Will the plan last to the end? See when it runs out and what one change would do.
- You enter
- The funding, the plan dates and the supports being considered
- You get
- Whether it lasts, the weekly spend, and what changing one support does
Uses the published 2026-27 NDIS price limits. Results are planning estimates from what you enter — not provider quotes, plan balances or NDIS funding decisions.
Preparing an STA referral? Get the printable checklist →More guides
SIL, SDA or ILO?
Three home-and-living supports, what each pays for and who each suits
Behaviour support plans in SIL
Who writes the plan, who carries it out, and how restrictive practices are authorised in Victoria
Changing NDIS providers
Your right to change, the steps, and how to keep support steady during the move
Preparing for your plan reassessment
The 2026 rules, what evidence to gather, and what happens after
SIL roster of care, explained
A roster of care is a week's worth of support for a shared house, written down as shifts: who is on, when, at what ratio, and what happens overnight.
SIL costs
Here's an example week in a three-person home, priced the same way as the NDIA's own roster of care tool.
STA referral checklist
Preparing an STA referral (short-term accommodation, briefly renamed short-term respite in late 2025)?
Articles
This blog is for NDIS participants, families and support coordinators in Melbourne’s north-east. We write about the questions people bring to us most often: how Supported Independent Living works and what to look for in a SIL home, psychosocial disability support and recovery-focused routines, and what to plan for when someone is coming home from hospital or stepping down from a mental health unit. We also explain changes to the NDIS in plain English — what has changed, who it affects, and what to ask your planner or support coordinator. Each article is general information, not advice about your situation. If you have a question about your own supports, call us or send an enquiry and our team can talk it through with you.
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