Portfolio — 15 April 2026

Minister for the NDIS Jenny McAllister announced $1.25 million to the Brain Injury Association of Tasmania to fund continued delivery of the National Assistance Card — a personalised, QR-code-based card that links users to communication support information tailored for people with disability [TA-260415-ndis-c22579d1f2fd]. The Card is targeted particularly at young people navigating school transitions, employment entry, and public transport, enabling them to express their needs in everyday settings.

The Tasmanian grant sits within a substantially larger funding architecture: the Brain Injury Association of Tasmania is one of 38 organisations sharing $50 million through phase one of the reformed Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILCB) Program's Individual and Family Capacity Building stream, with a separate $40 million flowing to 24 organisations through the Program's Information, Advice and Referral stream [TA-260415-ndis-c22579d1f2fd].

The combined $90 million phase-one investment signals the government's intent to use the reformed ILCB Program as a primary vehicle for improving consistency, quality, and national coverage of disability support services outside the NDIS scheme itself — reaching participants, carers, and families who rely on community-based capacity building. The announcement positions the ILCB reform as a structural complement to NDIS scheme changes, directing non-scheme funding toward community organisations with established delivery capability.