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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.


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Contact the IDFM via email or phone about changes in relation to the following:

  • If duplicate funding has been received for the same or similar purpose within 5 business days
  • Where the funding is not required, e.g. child did not start at the service.
  • If the service has a Change of Service Ownership or CCS Approval ID. The existing operator and the new operator are both required to notify the IDFM within 30 days of the change via email.
  • If the project is delayed or extra time is needed to complete the project.

Contact your IA about changes in relation to:

  • If a service does not spend the full amount of funding on the project. If their IA agrees in writing, the service may spend the remaining funds on inclusion related activities to overcome the same or similar inclusion barriers outlined in the initial application.
  • Any additional activity undertaken in line with the agreed change must be declared when completing the online declaration on the Acquittal tile of the case on the IS Portal.