Registration

Better Start registration information

This restored page gathers the Better Start registration resources that families and carers commonly looked for when applying for early intervention support. Better Start has closed for new registrations, but the documents remain useful for understanding the historical programme, checking old records, and following the pathway families used before the NDIS transition.

If you are reviewing a past application, keep together the child's diagnosis evidence, proof of age, residential information, Centrelink customer reference number if relevant, and any correspondence from Better Start, Carers Australia, the Department of Social Services, or the NDIS.

Restored registration resources

• Better Start Registration and Information Pack
• Raising Children Network
• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs archived Better Start link
• FaHCSIA Client Consent for Collection of Personal Information

Where to go next

For the restored application pathway, read Steps to Better Start, then continue to Making Contact, Assessment and Registration, and Referral. For current support, check Transitioning to the NDIS and Continuity of Support.

How to use this restored registration page

Use this page as a record of the Better Start registration process, not as an invitation for new registration. The programme has closed for new applicants, but the restored information helps families understand what documents were requested and how older Better Start paperwork fits with the NDIS transition.

For the full pathway, read Making Contact, Assessment and Registration, and Referral. For current support, see state contacts.