The National Disability Insurance Scheme will become available in the Wimmera South West Area from October 1, 2017, covering Corangamite, Glenelg Hindmarsh, Horsham, Moyne, Northern Grampians, Southern Grampians, Warrnambool, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack
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Meanwhile, complaints about the NDIS have soared.
Reports to the Commonwealth Ombudsman jumped from less than 20 complaints in 2013-2014 to 62 in 2015-16 and 429 last financial year with many issues related to the crucial planning process, which determines how much funding and what supports people can access.
Participants were not happy with the NDIS' planning staff and that planning meetings were held over the phone.
It is not respectful that people just phoned to go through what is essentially a really large life plan.
A much more supportive approach is to see participants face-to-face.
People with neurological conditions or mental illnesses were among those impacted by the lack of face-to-face meetings, and disability organisations said people were often left without services and equipment they needed.
But that has now changed said the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations.
Other complaints related to the NDIS' online portals, along with delays with quotes and payments.
The watchdog received 188 grievances in the three months to June 30 this year - more than the body received during the scheme's first three years.
It investigated 124 of last year's complaints and demanded urgent action from the NDIS for another 44.
In response the federal government quietly boosted the Ombudsman's funding by $6.4 million in May's budget to deal with rising NDIS complaints.
Approximately 30,000 people joined the NDIS during its trial phase, before another 60,000 entered over the year to June 30.
Additional funding will reach nearly $2 million in both the 2019 and 2020 financial years.
The funding was to ensure its capacity to safeguard people with disability in their dealings with the NDIA (National Disability Insurance Agency).
The NDIA encourages anyone unhappy with their NDIS experience to contact them.
Fear of NDIS cost blowout and delays
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is in danger of missing its rollout target by 90,000 people in 2020 amid growing concern about delays, while a survey reveals almost two-thirds of Australians are worried about cost blowouts.
Social Services Minister Christian Porter said the $22 billion program was facing a "whole range of challenges" to deliver services on time and on budget, warning that the tight schedule was an "estimate" from Labor's last year in government.
The scheme is already 20,000 plans behind target and is expected to triple its workload in the next three years, as authorities admit "cost pressures" from the gap between early forecasts and the actual cost of delivery.
A special Newspoll, conducted exclusively for the Australian, reveals that 19 per cent of voters are "very worried" about cost blowouts at the NDIS while 46 per cent are “somewhat worried."
The concerns were greatest among the government's supporters with 67 per cent of Coalition voters worried about blowouts. Labor and Greens voters were 65 per cent and 60 per cent concerned respectively.
Missing the deadline for the full rollout means an estimated 90,000 people will not get the services originally scheduled for their care in 2020, based on a performance to date that is running at about 80 per cent of estimated numbers.
Owen James, Grampians Disability Advocacy member