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Important Notice

The IDFM Office will close for phone and email queries at 1pm on Monday 23 December 2024 and reopen at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025. The IDFM team will continue to assess applications during this period. All enquiries received during this period will be responded to as soon as possible when the IDFM Office reopens.


Great news – Improvements to the IS Portal & New Resource for Services!

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.

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.


Current application processing timeframes for IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator:

The demand for support through the Inclusion Support Program has resulted in a high volume of applications being submitted for IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator. Applications are being assessed as efficiently as possible, but unfortunately this is currently not within the usual timeframes. Thank you for your patience at this time.

Please go to the Important Information page for further information and updates.


Current application processing timeframes for IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator

The demand for support through the Inclusion Support Program has resulted in an unprecedented high volume of applications being submitted for IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator. Applications are being assessed in line with the ISP Guidelines, as efficiently as possible, but unfortunately this is currently not within the usual timeframes.

Applications are assessed in order of the date they are submitted to the IDFM for assessment. Services are notified of the outcome of their application as soon as an outcome has been determined. This approach helps to ensure equity of access to IDF for all services across Australia. The IDFM is working as efficiently as possible to assess all applications submitted as soon as we can. Thank you for your patience at this time.


Innovative Solutions Support

Innovative Solutions project applications can be approved to a maximum of $10,000 (GST exclusive).

Any Innovative Solutions applications requesting more than $10,000 (GST exclusive) must be submitted with a clear rationale detailing the reason for requesting over the $10,00 threshold. Amounts over the limit, will be approved only in Exceptional Circumstances and will be determined by the Department on a case-by-case basis.


Helpful Resource

A task card is now available to support services to add children with additional and ongoing high support needs to the Inclusion Support Portal when accessing the Inclusion Development Fund.