We're updating this guideline with new legislation
Here's what's changed:
- New plans will have a total funding amount, funding components and funding periods.
- When we decide how your plan funds are managed, we need to think about if your funds were spent on NDIS supports and in line with your plan. We also need to consider if you, your nominee, or plan manager have been convicted of an offence punishable by 2 years or more or involving fraud or dishonesty.
- If this has not happened, we may not agree to your request to self-manage or use a registered plan manager.
Please download the guideline for the latest information, while we update the website over the coming weeks.
Creating your plan
We’ll work with you to create your NDIS plan. We’ll speak with you to help us decide what NDIS supports to fund in your plan. We’ll also talk to you about what informal, community and mainstream supports you have access to and include them in your plan. Your plan will have a total funding amount. We will call this a 'total budget amount' in your plan. We’ll work with you to decide how your NDIS funding will be managed, and when we’ll create your plan.
This guideline is about what we think about when we create your plan including the laws we need to follow.
Note:
- When we say 'your plan' we mean your NDIS plan.
- If you’re aged between 9 and 65 years and are looking for information about community connections, go to Our Guideline – Community Connections.
- If your child is younger than 9 and you’re looking for information about early connections, go to Our Guideline – Early Connections.
- As part of the recent changes to the NDIS laws we are moving towards a new framework for planning. Rules need to be developed for this new framework. We’re working on how and when we’ll introduce these changes.
Until then, the information in this Our Guideline is about our old framework for planning, which include the legislation changes we are introducing from now. All current plans will be known as 'old framework' plans, and we will continue to develop these until all participants have transitioned to the new framework.