NDIS has been rolled out across Victoria since July 2016 and it covers all Australia https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/our-sites/VIC

• All Australian Citizens and residents – permanent & some types of visas

• When NDIS roll out to your local area

• People deemed living with a permanent disability

• Being under 65 year old

• Children with a Developmental Delay such as Autism, Behavior disorders, Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Intellectual disability, Spina Bifida and other disabilities

While this is something each person must do individually, we can help to explain the process and the documentation that needs to be submitted to NDIA.
Also Alpha Family can assist when you become eligible to prepare for your NDIS planning through a free 1 on 1 or pre-planning session or a group workshop

Yes, we can- we have access to bi-lingual staff as well as to interpretation and translation services

All Australian people are eligible to be covered by the safety network (insurance) provided the NDIS when they acquire a permanent disability; thus the name National Disability Insurance Scheme – NDIS.

The NDIS supports are funded through the ‘Reasonable and Necessary’ principle (see next question).

By ‘reasonable and necessary’ supports, the NDIS requires that the supports to be related to their disability, to meet the person’s needs and to be likely assisting with achieving their goals. Also reasonable and necessary supports should not include day-to-day living costs and must not be double-dipping supports being supported by other mainstream services (department or government system). Also NDIS will not provide supports, which should be (more reasonably) provided by a family or available through a community service.

Assistance to strengthen your ability to get your plan going.
Supporting you to participate more fully in the community.
Enhancing your ability to coordinate services and supports: providing you
with information, refer you and linking you to buy services and to engage
with service providers.
Supporting you to be more independent and to direct your own services

• Set up your NDIS plan.
• Assist you in understanding the supports in your NDIS plan.
• Ensure you are aware of complaints mechanisms.
• Assist you in navigating key NDIS processes including accessing your
“My-place Participant portal”.
• Make referrals for any assessments in your NDIS plan.
• Ensure equipment supports in your NDIS plan are managed.
• Ensure you have service agreements with your providers including us.
• Explore mainstream and community supports.
• Assisting you to monitor your NDIS plan’s expenditure
• Assisting with your endeavors in managing hard times, if any.

When Support coordination is fundedin your NDIS plan, it will be a separate fund (support) that will not affect any other support/fund in your NDIS plan.

1. If you have an appointment for your NDIS planning meeting, please let us know to support you going through the NDIS planning process;
2. If you are attending the NDIS Plan Meeting on your own, let the planner know that you want Alpha Family Assist to be your preferred support coordination provider; or
3. If you have been funded with Support Coordination in your NDIS plan or If you have further inquiry, PLEASE CONTACT US to support you with the best

Support coordinator can support you to:

• implement your NDIS plan

• achieve your life goals & aspirations;

• use and extend your valued capacity;

• enhance your inclusion in economic & social activities; &

• Much More

1) You manage your plan – called Self-managed

2) A service provider – called Plan managed

3) The NDIA manage your plan – called Agency managed