Please note: All service providers funded by the TAC to deliver a disability service for a TAC client with disability in Victoria must comply with the requirements of the new Social Services Regulator that came into effect on 1 July 2024.

Please refer to the TAC’s Social Services Regulations webpage to find out how this may impact the services you deliver and/or refer to the Social Services Regulator webpage for more details on registering with the new regulator.

Because of these changes, this policy is under review.

We’re here to help you get your life back on track after your transport accident. We can pay for community access support and planning services in Australia to help you get back into the community.

How can community access support services help?

If you have multiple physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities as a result of severe transport accident injuries, you may need extra help.

Community group programs and activities

These are designed to suit you and to help you to be as independent as possible. There are programs and activities to help with new skills, recreation and leisure.

Community access planning

This service helps with your independence by improving your peer support networks and helping you to get out and join in with community, recreation and leisure activities.

How we approve these services

We pay for you to visit your doctor or occupational therapist to discuss your needs. As part of that visit they may recommend some support to help you join community activities.

They will ask us if you can do a community access program or community access planning. We will work with your treating team to ensure that you receive this help.

We may contact your recommending doctor or occupational therapist to discuss your progress or request an assessment, to make sure that:

• You have access to the right treatment and support.
• You are getting proven, evidence-based treatment, not treatment that isn't helping.
• You are moving towards getting your life back on track or being able to live independently.

How these services are paid for

We pay for these services:

We pay for your services in line with our responsibilities under the Transport Accident Act 1986.

How much we will pay

There is a limit to how much we will pay to a community access or community access planning provider. If your service costs more than our rate you might need to pay the difference.

For a list of rates, see:

What we won’t pay for

We can’t pay for services that:

• Are not reasonable, necessary or appropriate
• Are not authorised under TAC legislation
• Are for someone other than you
• Have not been approved by TAC prior to commencement
• Are provided outside Australia
• Are of no clear benefit
• Are activity costs associated with participation in community activities including:
  • entry fees, e.g. to an art gallery
  • activity costs, e.g. the purchase cost of roller skates
  • materials, e.g. wood for woodworking
  • hire of equipment and/or hire of facility component of activity, teaching or instruction of the activity, e.g. bowling balls or bowling shoes