Ndis partners in the community program

15.2Is there a version of the Application Form that will show all the questions without having to move between tabs/screens?

PDF ‘Demonstration Application Forms’ for LAC and ECEI, showing all the questions, are now available on the webpage.

Please note – the PDF ‘Demonstration Application Forms’ are for demonstration purposes only and cannot be used to apply for funding. Any completed PDF ‘Demonstration Application Forms’ will not be accepted.

15.3My organisation currently receives block funding from a State Government or grant funding from a Commonwealth or State Government agency to provide certain disability and support services to people with disability who will become Participants in the Scheme once the Scheme is rolled out in the Service Area in which the person lives.  Is my organisation eligible to apply to become a LAC Partner?

An Applicant which applies to deliver LAC Services must not be a Registered Provider of Supports as defined under section 9 of the NDIS Act (see paragraph 4.1.1.3 of the Program Guidelines).

Where an organisation is providing disability services under an existing Commonwealth or State program, it is not necessary for the organisation to become a Registered Provider of Supports.  This is because those Commonwealth and State programs do not involve the provision of funded supports to NDIS Participants.  Accordingly, an organisation can continue to provide these services ahead of the roll-out of the NDIS in the relevant Service Area and also be eligible to apply to deliver LAC Services.

Once the NDIA is rolled out in a Service Area, a Participant with an NDIS Plan will only be able to purchase funded supports in their Plan from a Registered Provider of Supports.  An organisation providing disability services under an existing Commonwealth or State program will only be able to continue to provide services to a Participant (as funded supports in the Participant's Plan) if the organisation is a Registered Provider of Supports.  If the organisation is (or plans to become) a Registered Provider of Supports, it should not apply to become a LAC Partner.