Ndis partners in the community program

21.2Can an ECEI Partner provide funded supports to a Participant? If so:

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  What constitutes ‘exceptional circumstances’?
  
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  What is ‘choice and control’, what if the family would prefer to stay with the ECEI Partner for provision of funded supports?
  
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  How will this work in areas where there are few Registered Providers of Support?
  
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  If a Partner has a subcontractor who is a Registered Provider of Supports – what are the safeguards?
  
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  How will this be monitored and what are the consequences of any breach?
  

Please see the responses to the following questions in this Question and Answer document: question 7.1; question 7.2; question 9.1; and question 11.22.

Please also see the requirements of clauses 33 and 34 of the draft Grant Agreement in relation to the monitoring and consequences for failure to effectively manage a conflict of interest, including in relation to approved Subcontractors.