Claim
Your ISS Approval Letter will detail the hours and subsidy contribution that have been approved for your service. You must make an ISS Claim for Payment in line with the subsidy approved for your service and the ISS Guidelines.
Step 1: Centre Based Services: Employ your additional educator and complete the daily Attendance Record
Each day that an additional educator (subsidised through the ISS) attends your service s/he must initial their hours of attendance on the Attendance Record.
A record must also be kept of the hours that the child/ren with ongoing high support needs attends your service. Services are periodically audited by the NISSP and you may be required to provide relevant documentation to verify your Claim for Payment.
Step 1: Home Based Services: Complete the daily Attendance Record
Each day an ISS funded child attends your Home Based Care service the Educator/Carer must write down the hours the child/ren actually attends care and initial the Attendance Record.
Services are periodically audited by the NISSP and you may be required to provide relevant documentation to verify your Claim for Payment.
Step 2: All Services-Make a claim for payment
For all periods up to 2 October 2011 you must make a claim on the paper Claim for Payment Form using the process below and submit it to the NISSP no later than 60 days after the end of the quarter.
2010-11 Quarter Dates and closing dates for submission of claims
From 3 October 2011 all services except for VAC care and BBF/MACS Services must submit claims via their CCMS Approved Software at the same time as submitting their attendance records for CCB purposes and payment wil be received at the same time as the relevant payments for CCB. For more details please see our FAQs page.
Vacation Care services must claim for attendances for the Sept/Oct vacation period using the paper forms - one form to cover the whole vacation period, by 30 November 2011.
Step 3 - For paper forms: Send the Claim for Payment Form and Attendance Record to the NISSP
At the end of each quarter, you must submit the Claim for Payment Form and Attendance Record within 60 days to receive payment (claims made later than 60 days after the quarter end will not be paid).
Step 4-For paper forms: NISSP will process claim and transfer payment
The NISSP will process your claim form and then transfer your payment electronically to your bank account. You will be emailed a Payment Advice when this is complete. If you have any queries relating to your Claim for Payment or you need any further information please see our FAQs or contact us.