Coordination funding is a stated support: a fixed amount, for a fixed purpose, over a fixed period. Committing a participant to a service without knowing what is left is how a coordinator ends up delivering the last two months unfunded.
Cos budgets stated supports — how it works
Each engagement carries its budget lines with the amount funded and the amount released for the period. Billable case notes draw against it, and accepted provider quotes are counted as committed — so the figure shown is what remains after both what has been spent and what has been promised.
Budgets are shown against the plan period so the burn rate is meaningful: half the funding used at the halfway point is fine, half used in the first quarter is a conversation. Budgets at risk surface on the caseload before they become a problem.
Why it matters for NDIS providers
Support coordination budgets are small enough that a few unplanned hours matter, and coordinators are the people least likely to stop and check. Making remaining funds visible where the work happens is more effective than a monthly report nobody opens.
- Committed as well as spent: accepted quotes count against the budget before the invoice arrives.
- Burn measured against the period: usage compared to how much of the plan has elapsed, not just to the total.
- Surfaced before it hurts: budgets tracking ahead of pace appear on the caseload while there is time to act.
What's included
- Stated support budget lines. Coordination funding recorded with its amount and release schedule.
- Drawdown from notes. Billable case notes reduce the remaining balance as they are written.
- Committed quotes. Accepted provider quotes counted as committed against the budget.
- Burn against elapsed period. Usage compared to the proportion of the plan period elapsed.
- At-risk alerts. Budgets ahead of pace flagged on the caseload.
Who it's for
Coordinators managing their own funded hours, and practice managers who need to know which engagements will run out before the plan does. It also helps at plan review, where evidence of how funding was used supports the request for the next plan.
Getting started
CoS Budgets & Stated Supports is included in your Rostery plan and works the moment your data is in — there is no separate module to buy or set up. Book a demo and we will show it on your own workflows, and use Rostery's “Smart Switch” data migration to bring your existing clients, staff, shifts and notes across from your current software in minutes.
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The rules this feature works to are set by NDIS — Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, which is the authority on them and is updated more often than any page here.