With Funding Periods, your plan releases funding in instalments (usually quarterly) rather than all upfront - which is designed to help prevent exactly this. You can use your current period's funding plus anything rolled over from earlier periods, but you can't borrow from future periods.

If you've used up what's available and genuinely need more support, you have options:

• If it's a timing issue, your next funding period may be just around the corner
• If your funding genuinely isn't enough for your needs, you can ask the NDIA for a plan reassessment. If the extra support is reasonable and necessary (fair, disability-related and something you need) your funding can be increased.

The key is acting early. If your spending is tracking faster than your plan, that's a conversation to have now, not when the funds run out.

This is one of the biggest things a plan manager helps with: we watch your budget with you so there are no surprises. Email hello@providerchoice.com.au to find out more.