Get funded services

When you need support, finding out how to get services, and get them paid for, can feel daunting. We help you navigate getting services and funding for home care, disability support and injury support. 

Funding for home care, disability support and injury

Who funds the services you and your whānau need?

  • If you are aged over 65, have a Community Services Card, or a long-term condition, eligible care is funded by Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand.  Residential Support Subsidy and Residential Care Subsidy are also available from Te Whatu Ora.
  • For people living with a disability, support is funded by Disability Support Services, a business group within MSD. This includes some neurological conditions, developmental disabilities, and physical, intellectual, or sensory disabilities.
  • The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) funds support if you have been injured.

Our Kaiwhakatere | Navigators will step you through how to get a referral for services, how the needs assessment process works and getting funding. We can help you with who to contact and what decisions you may need to make. 

Getting access to services 

Services are free if your needs are approved for government funding, or you can pay privately for in-home care, or a combination of both.  

Individualised Funding

IF is person-directed funding that allows disabled people, or their agents, to choose and employ the support workers they want – or you can choose to let Access do the hard work for you. 

NASCs

The Needs Assessment & Service Co-ordination (NASC) helps people access publicly funded support services.  They assess your needs and help you co-ordinate your services providers. You can ask your NASC to be referred to Access for your service. 

Support for someone else

If someone you know needs support, a good place to start is by contacting us. You can fill out our referral form and we can help start the process with you.