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A quick guide and full guide are available to support you to navigate the exciting changes to the Strategic Inclusion Plan on the IS Portal introduced in June 2024.

There is a Checklist to help services to ensure your IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator application is complete and accurate, prior to submission to your IP for endorsement.


For other important information, including providing NDIS related Documentary Evidence, click here



Payment

When an Innovative Solutions Support Project is approved, the service is required to formally accept a letter of offer. When the letter of offer has been signed by the service, the Department of Education makes a direct upfront payment to the service for the full amount of funding approved. This typically occurs within 4-6 business days. Payments are made using same payee details and nominated bank account listed in the IS Portal.

Completing the online Acquittal

At the completion of the Project, which may occur during or after the Approval Period, the service must complete an online acquittal which includes a series of declarations. Unless otherwise advised by the IDFM, the service completes the acquittal by accessing the Acquittal tile on the related IS case in the IS Portal.

When completing the acquittal, the service is required to:

  • Confirm that the Project was implemented as approve, or with an agreed change
  • Describe the Project outcomes achieved; and
  • Explain how the Project addressed the Barriers to inclusion the service had identified

The service will receive an email, one month prior to the end date of the Approval Period, as a reminder to complete the online acquittal.

If the service has not completed the Project by the approved end date and extension to the approval period can be requested by contacting the services IP. They are required to contact their Inclusion Professional to discuss and agree on a change to the end date of the Project.

The online declaration must be completed online no later than 10 business days from the end date of the Approval Period.

Unspent funds

If the service does not spend the full amount of funding approved for the Project, the service must inform their Inclusion Professional (IP).

If the service's IP agrees, in writing, that the unspent funds can be used for other inclusion related activities to overcome the same or similar inclusion Barriers outlined in the initial application, the service must declare this when they complete their Acquittal.

If a service does not spend all or any of the funding approved for the Project, or if they received duplicate funding, they must identify this in their Acquittal and provide a reason why. The Department will issue the service with an invoice requiring them to repay the unspent amount.