The Albanese Government today announced investment into six new initiatives that deliver on its commitment to a better National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disability who participate in the Scheme

Participants, providers and workers will share $3.1 million through the Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program to pilot, develop and deliver innovative projects that will support and improve quality and safeguards in the NDIS.

Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the Hon. Bill Shorten MP, says this funding focuses on ensuring the projects deliver positive outcomes for participants.

“The NDIS is changing lives. These grants are competitively awarded. They help NDIS providers develop and deliver innovative solutions across a variety of disability supports and put people with disability at the centre to improve their everyday lives.”

The funded organisations are:

• Housing Choices Australia Limited awarded $481,229.00 (excl GST) for the ‘Safeguarding NDIS participants by building a disability inclusive housing workforce’ project.
• Inclusion Melbourne Inc awarded $399,823.00 (excl GST) for the ’Working it out together: Coordinating natural supports to drive safeguarding, quality, practice and improved quality of life’ project.
• Micah Projects Ltd awarded $618,740.00 (excl GST) for the ‘Compliance and Beyond – Safeguarding people with disability for NDIS workers and providers’ project.
• National Disability Services Limited awarded $572,970.00 (excl GST) for the ‘Quality Compass – tools to develop a shared understanding of safe, quality services’ project.
• Summer Foundation Ltd awarded $199,220.00 (excl GST) for the ‘Disability Housing and Living Index: Driving Inclusion and Quality’ project.
• Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID) Inc awarded $799,040.74 (excl GST) for the ‘ACTIV8 – Adapting and piloting a new VALID8 peer safeguarding model for broader service application’ project.

This funding is being awarded through the Quality and Safeguarding grant opportunity, made available under the Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program.

The Support for NDIS Providers Grants Program is administered by the NDIS Commission, the independent Commonwealth agency responsible for improving the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services.

For more information about the NDIS Commission and the grants program, visit www.ndiscommission.gov.au/grants.