Supported Independent Living

SIL is the assistance you receive at home from support workers that helps you live as independently as possible. It can include physical supports like helping you get in and out of bed every day, as well as any support you need to keep you safe at home. Eligibility for SIL funding does not depend on where you live. You may be eligible for SIL funding, whether you rent privately, own your own home, live with others, or live in Specialist Disability Accommodation. There are three levels of SIL funding:

• Lower needs: provides regular supervision of living arrangements.
• Standard needs: provides active assistance of most daily tasks, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Higher needs: provides continual and more complex active assistance to the individual.

The SIL provider is the person or organisation who employs the support workers that help you live as independently as possible at home. We are the SIL provider in all Care Plus Support’s homes.

SDA refers to the physical ‘bricks and mortar’ of disability accommodation. Only people who have very high physical support or safety needs are eligible for SDA funding from the NDIS. SDA funding is to allow residents to pay rent to the person or organisation who owns the SDA building where they reside.

Applying for SIL and SDA funding is complex, and we recommend engaging a Support Coordinator. If you don’t already have one, contact your Local Area Coordinator (LAC) and let them know you need funding for a Support Coordinator to help you explore housing options. Your Support Coordinator will explore all housing options to identify the right housing to suit your individual goals and care needs. They will also help you gather all the evidence (including OT Functional Assessments and other specialist reports) to demonstrate the level of funded supports you need.

Yes. Many people will only receive SIL funding, and only some participants will receive both SDA and SIL funding.

Only participants with SIL funding in their NDIS plan are eligible to live in a CPSS home. If you require short- or medium-term accommodation, please see CPSS Respite/Short-term accommodation Services. These services do not require SIL funding as respite is funded from your Core Supports funding.

Yes. Most but not all of CPSS’s homes are registered for SDA. CPSS does provide SIL services in most homes that do not require you to have SDA funding.

SIL funding pays for all on-site care services provided to you within the home. These include transfers in and out of bed, to and from wheelchair (if required), toileting, showering, dressing and grooming, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping and meal preparation, mealtime assistance, and so on.

NDIS SDA funding pays the SDA provider to provide and look after the ‘bricks and mortar’ of homes where CPSS residents live. The SDA provider is the owner/property manager of the home. They are responsible for repairs and maintenance of the home. SDA is funded by the NDIS under ‘Capital Supports’ and is paid directly to the housing provider by the NDIS.