Completing the online Acquittal
At the completion of the project, which may be during or after the Approval Period, the service must complete an online declaration through the IS Portal. Within this declaration, the service must provide details of the outcomes of the Project, including confirmation that the Project was delivered as approved or with an agreed change.
The service will receive an email one month prior to the end date of the Approval Period as a reminder to submit the online declaration. If the service requires an extension of the Approval Period, they are required to contact the IDFM.
The online declaration must be completed online no later than 10 business days from the end date of the Approval Period. This declaration is completed through the IS Portal through the Acquittal tile on the case, unless otherwise advised by the IDFM.
Unspent funds
If the service does not spend the full amount of funding on the project as approved by the IDFM, the service must inform the Inclusion Agency. If the Inclusion Agency agrees in writing, the service may spend the remaining funds on other inclusion related activities to overcome the same or similar inclusion barriers outlined in the initial application.
Any additional or adjusted activity undertaken in line with the agreed change must be declared at the completion of the project through the IS Portal on the Acquittal tile. The total amount spent should include the amount spent on the original project and the agreed change.
Where the service did not spend any of the funding on the support project, or received duplicate funding, they must declare the Project was not started and provide reasons for this. The Department would issue an invoice to repay the full amount.