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Check eligibility — EI — likely to improve or reduce deterioration of functional capacity or strengthen informal supports

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1 Recent updates ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 2 Before you start ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 3 Review evidence of functional capacity or informal supports ………………………………………………. 6 4 Next steps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7

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This article provides guidance for all NDIA staff and partners to understand how to:

review evidence of functional capacity or informal supports
use this information to support the person to understand the eligibility requirements.

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1 Recent updates

3 October 2024

Article title changed from ‘(EI) Check evidence for a decision — Likely to improve or reduce deterioration of functional capacity or strengthen informal supports’ to ‘Check eligibility — EI — likely to improve or reduce deterioration of functional capacity or strengthen informal supports’.
When we say EI in a title, we mean early intervention requirements. We’ve added this to help you identity which articles are for disability or early intervention requirements.

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2 Before you start

You have read:

and understood Our Guideline - Applying to the NDIS (external), section, How will early intervention help you?
article Understand early intervention requirements.

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3 Review evidence of functional capacity or informal supports

Review the available evidence to consider if early intervention supports are likely to help the person with at least one of the following:

address the impact of their impairment on their ability to move around, communicate, socialise, learn, look after themselves and organise their lives
prevent their functional capacity from getting worse
improve their functional capacity
support their informal supports, which includes building their skills to help them.

Before making an eligibility decision, you must find out about the person’s functional capacity and informal supports. You do this by checking their application and evidence.

To make an eligibility decision about this early intervention requirement, you must consider:

how early intervention will help the person
their functional capacity
their informal supports
our legislation and guidance
if we have enough evidence to decide or need more.

Early intervention requirements are just one of the eligibility requirements. To be eligible for the NDIS under early intervention, the applicant must also meet the age and residence requirements. Refer to Check eligibility — Age and residence requirements.

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4 Next steps

If you are an access delegate:

to determine eligibility, continue to follow guidance in article Make an access decision - pre-legislation changes or article Make an access decision — post-legislation changes
to check the timeframes to make a decision, follow guidance in article Check decision — Legislative timeframes.

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