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New Business Assistance With NEIS: Frequently Asked Questions

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If you’d like to start your own business, Asuria can help you as a provider of New Business Assistance With NEIS. We’ve had many success stories while implementing this program over the past 10 years as we've helped more than 650 people start their own businesses in a wide variety of categories.

The following are some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about NEIS:

What is NEIS?

New Business Assistance With NEIS is a program that’s funded by the Australian Government in order to help people who want to start their own businesses. It also assists people who own an existing micro-business that has been negatively affected by COVID-19.

Through a network of providers, the program provides up to 8,600 people nationwide with accredited small business training, help in developing a business plan, and personalised mentoring from a NEIS provider. In some cases, it also provides an allowance for up to 39 weeks and rental assistance for up to 26 weeks.

Who is Eligible for NEIS?

You’ll need to meet the following requirements in order to be eligible for NEIS:

• Be at least 18 years old when you start your business
• Be able to legally work in Australia
• Be available to work the required hours in your proposed business
• Have not received help from NEIS in the past year
• Not be an undischarged bankrupt.

In addition, your business idea needs to meet the following requirements:

• Will have an independent business structure
• Is commercially viable
• Will be established, located, and operated solely in Australia
• Be structured so you’ll have a controlling interest over the business while participating in the program
• Is not yet operating on a commercial basis or is an existing micro-business negatively impacted by COVID-19.

What is a NEIS Provider?

A NEIS provider, like Asuria, is part of a nationwide group of entities that have been contracted to provide NEIS services.

How Do Asuria NEIS Experts Help Me?

As a NEIS provider, Asuria has helped more than 650 people over the past 10 years. We provide the training to help prospective owners of new businesses succeed, including:

• Planning for legal, business, and financial matters
• Getting the word out about your business through marketing, social media, promotion, and advertising
• Complying with your business registration requirements such as ABN (Australian Business Number), BAS (Business Activity Statement), and taxation
• Drawing up a comprehensive business plan.

We also provide entrepreneurs with the following:

• Expert mentors who are experienced in supporting business owners from idea to completion
• Expert advice and analysis to give you the best chance of success
• Income support for 39 weeks and 26 weeks of rental assistance, if you’re eligible
• Training that allows you to achieve a qualification in Micro Business Operations
• Additional support for a year if you’re under age 25
• Access to locally-based coordinators, trainers, and more.

What's Involved in NEIS Business Training?

NEIS business training helps you earn a nationally recognised small business qualification. Your Asuria Mentor will refer you to the best path based on your business idea. You’ll earn either a:

• Certificate III in Entrepreneurship and New Business or a
• Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business.

Who is Eligible for NEIS Income Support?

You may be able to receive income support in the form of a NEIS Allowance for up to the first 39 weeks of starting your business if you currently receive income support from Services Australia or the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). You’ll also need to work in your business for the number of hours specified in your business plan to possibly receive this support. Your NEIS Allowance may be affected by the amount of external income (such as from investments or other work) you receive.

NEIS also provides Rental Assistance as a fixed-rate payment lasting 26 weeks from when you first started to receive NEIS assistance. To qualify for this benefit, you’ll need to have been receiving Services Australia or DVA rental assistance before you begin to receive NEIS Allowance.

How Do I Start?

If you’re interested in finding out more about whether Asuria can help you achieve your dream of starting your own business through the NEIS program, fill out this short form and one of our NEIS experts will contact you within one business day. If you’d prefer to talk to us by phone, call 1800 773 338.

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Make Your Own NDIS Business Plan With This Template

A business plan provides structure and defines business management objectives. It becomes a reference tool to keep your business on track with sales targets and operational milestones. When used properly and consulted regularly, it can help measure and manage your priority areas of focus.

Your work as an NDIS provider will directly impact the lifestyle of 1000s of participants, so you need a proper business plan to ensure a qualitative outlook for them (and profits for you).

If you’re just starting out, or if you’re an established NDIS provider but need to brush up on your strategy, we’ve created a business plan template to kick things off faster.

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You’ll want to familiarize yourself with the document first and follow the instructions below to customize the template and make it your own both in structure and branding.

Note: The information provided is also useful on its own, you don’t have to download the file if you want to create a document from scratch with the best practices highlighted below.

Getting Started with Your NDIS Business Plan Template

The first thing you will see when first downloading your business plan is a set of instructions to get started with your template and apply the unique information of your NDIS business.

We recommend to make a copy of the file to keep for reference. Then, you can start implementing some of the major changes necessary to have it operational.

The business plan is only 13 pages long, so fairly short compared to some more detailed documents. However, it must be expanded with your own information. 

A good number to shoot for once complete is ~18-20 pages. The first thing you’ll want to add is your brand name, logo, name of representative and date of preparation.

Then, you can move on to the 3rd page where you will see an extremely important section of your business plan: the executive summary and business objectives.

For now, skip the executive summary .

You’ll come back to it towards the end of your journey writing the business plan. Instead, think clearly about what business objectives you care about most, and whether they fit in with your overall vision for the company going forward.

You’ll want to use the OKR framework for this, Objectives & Key Results:

• An Objective is what you want to achieve, a broad goal for the long-term
• A Key Result is a metric by which you will measure progress towards an objective

For each objective that you set in the 3rd page of your business plan, you can set multiple key results.

For example, an objective could be:

“Help 1000 people with limited mobility in my local area become more independent.”

… and 1 of 3 key results to measure progress towards that goal could be:

“Increase targeted traffic to our website by 5000 in 6 months.”

Think of an objective as a long-term goal, one that sits very close to the original vision of your business being founded. Key results are the shorter-term, one-step-at-a-time goals.

Once you’ve filled out the 3 objectives, it’s time to move forward to a new section where you’ll talk about your company organization, mission, and more.

Adding Your NDIS Business Information To Your Plan Template

As an NDIS provider, you’re in the unique position to serve 1000s of participants in your area (or even remotely!) with backup from the government, IF you can stick to regulations . That’s where filling out your company info accurately comes in handy.

For this section of your plan, you’ll do just that:

• Define your mission statement
• Add company ownership information
• Talk about the history of the business
• Introduce location and facilities

This section is all about you so don’t worry about putting yourself in the customer’s shoes and explain what the company feels like from your (and your team’s) perspective.

For each entry, you have additional instructions provided within the template itself so don’t be afraid to gather inspiration from other business plans based on what’s required.

Talking About NDIS Supports in Your Business Plan

Supports are the most important unit in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and you need to talk about them extensively in your business plan to convince an auditor that you’re willing to invest in participants’ well-being for specific types of treatments your team has experience in.

If you don’t have experience in some supports but would like to start offering a service anyway, you need to provide proof of how you’re going to deliver a quality service to participants.

The supports section is pretty straightforward; you can expand it to as many supports as you offer or bundle them together in support categories with their respective numbers.

But it doesn’t end there, you also want to describe how you are going to deliver your supports and whether you have any competitive advantages against other providers.

While all NDIS businesses need to meet a certain service quality threshold throughout all the supports they offer, some will be more capable in delivering them due to more advanced technologies, more experienced staff, or continuous internal training.

If some of these apply to you, you want to highlight them.

Wrap the section up with a description of your follow-up service. How are you going to help NDIS participants achieve their plan goals even after they’ve received your support?

Conducting Thorough NDIS Market Analysis

The problem with doing market analysis is that it’s sometimes hard to find the information you need to understand where to go in the next 1-3 years, or even 3-5 years.

A lot of traditional business plans are built on the idea that you can plan ahead for at least 3 years but that’s unrealistic. Fortunately though, Brevity can help with that.

We’ve built a custom NDIS statistics dashboard that you can reference and browse at any time using password “Brevity.” It’s an interactive map with plenty of information.

This will give you the right input to understand what the participant landscape looks like across Australia and whether there are any market opportunities for you to seize.

Once you’ve played around with the map, you can go back to your business plan template and start thinking about how that will translate into keys to business success.

This is an important part of your business plan as it shows the value of your services in an increasingly-crowded space, so we encourage you to spend some time on it.

Describing Your Marketing & Sales Operations

A business cannot possibly grow without marketing and sales, whether funded by the government or self-funded. So you need to have a proper description of both.

Within the marketing section, you’ll want to describe how you’re planning to attract the attention of NDIS participants who can benefit the most from your services.

Then you’ll want to move ahead and explain how you’re going to sell your services to participants coming down your marketing funnel without overpromising.

It’s crucial that you explain whose responsibility it is for both marketing and sales to work since auditors and investors will care about the ability of your team to deliver.

Highlighting Your Organizational Structure & Team

Towards the end of the template, you’ll have the chance to talk about who’s behind the company and the people who are going to be responsible for its success.

You’ll also want to identify gaps in the skillset of your current team and whether you can make up for those with external hires or by training internally.

Be honest here, there’s no reason to lie.

Running Your NDIS Business’ Numbers

Finally, and perhaps most importantly (and, to some, annoyingly), you’ll have to run the numbers on your business.

This means pulling out the income statement from last year (if you have one) and try to predict what the financial situation of the business will be like in 1-3 years.

We won’t go into detail about financial advice as there are too many variables to account for but it’s important for you to be accurate in this section.

If you don’t know how to handle financial information, consider hiring an accountant to fill out the section on your behalf.

(If you need it, we also have a handy NDIS invoice template !)

The inline instructions within the template will help you determine what information to include and whether you need additional help to complete your NDIS business plan.

A Good Business Plan Means a Better Service for Participants

With so much at stake in your business relationships, it’s important to give participants a safe feeling of friendliness, organization, and overall preparedness.

That’s what a properly implemented business plan helps you achieve. Starting on the right foot means making it easy for the participant to see the value in your services and even recommending them to other people with special needs around them.

The template provided in this article should help you strike the right tone towards providing a better service for your customers while maintaining clarity internally.

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Frequently asked questions

To start your NDIS business, you need to apply with the NDIS commission, conduct a self-assessment based on their guidelines, select an approved auditor, undergo the audit based on the size of your organization, and finally receive the outcome of their audit.

Yes, the NDIS is a profitable venture but you shouldn’t think about it purely for monetary gain. It is against the NDIS Code of Conduct to start an NDIS business just because you want to make money out of it as the lives of 100s of thousands of special needs people depend on the scheme. NDIS providers are well-retributed for their work depending on the supports they provide and the experience level of the team.

One of the best places to find participants and connect with them is through Facebook, or, if you’re feeling more proactive, via Google. On the former, you can connect directly with self-managed participants or their family members in your local area. With the latter, you can provide educational content that caters to family members.

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Who can participate in New Business Assistance with NEIS?

Details on eligibility for New Business Assistance with NEIS.

On this page:

Who is eligible for new business assistance with neis.

You can receive New Business Assistance if you:

• are at least 18 years of age at the time of commencing in NEIS Assistance;
• are not prohibited by law from working in Australia;
• are available to participate in NEIS Training (if relevant) and work the required hours in your proposed NEIS Business; 
• have not received NEIS Assistance in the past year;
• are not an undischarged bankrupt.

What business ideas can receive assistance?

If you are eligible to receive New Business Assistance, your NEIS provider will assess the business idea to make sure it meets the business eligibility criteria. This means your proposed NEIS business:

• is either not operating on a commercial basis or is an existing micro-business affected by COVID-19
• will have an independent business structure
• is lawful and capable of withstanding public scrutiny
• has been assessed as commercially viable by the NEIS provider
• will be established, located and operated solely within Australia
• will be structured so you have and will maintain a controlling interest over the NEIS business while participating in New Business Assistance.

Want more information?

• You can directly approach a NEIS provider located in your area.
• Talk to your Workforce Australia, ParentsNext or Disability Employment Services provider
• Call the National Customer Service Line on  1800 805 260
• Read the  Program factsheet for New Business Assistance with NEIS
• Read the  New Enterprise Incentive Scheme  general fact sheet
• Visit the  New Business Assistance with NEIS page for more information.