Information Guide on the Outer Regional, Remote and Access Support Payment (Access Payment)

The Australian Government’s Helping Children with Autism (HCWA) and Better Start for Children with Disability (Better Start) packages provide a payment of $2,000 for families of children who are registered for Early Intervention funding and live in a location defined as Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote by the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+). The Outer Regional, Remote and Access Support Payment (Access Payment) is intended to assist families in outer regional, remote or very remote locations with the higher costs of accessing services.