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Victorians living in the Hume Moreland region will join more than 140,000 Australians already participating in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from 1 March 2018.

To work successfully in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) environment, the Victorian State-wide Equipment Program (known as SWEP) started restructuring its business model early. It implemented various strategies, which it said helped it to stay abreast of the new reform and to remain viable and competitive.

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has announced the initial pilot of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant pathway will commence in mid-December in two NDIS regions in Victoria.

Community organisations are being invited to partner with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to deliver Local Area Coordination (LAC) and/or Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) services in a number of service areas across the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.

Four local service providers will share in $85 million of funding to deliver Local Area Coordination (LAC) and Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) services in Victoria to support the rollout of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from 2017.

The roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Victoria took a significant step forward today with the announcement of the three partner organisations that will deliver Local Area Coordination (LAC) services as the Scheme starts to roll out locally from July 2016.