Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate initiating an intra-closed subscriber group (CSG) handover. Access points in the same or similar CSG can make determinations regarding one or more devices without requiring information from the devices. An access point in a closed access mode can assume a device to which it communicates is a member of the CSG, and can provide such information to a target access point of the same CSG operating in a hybrid access mode, and the hybrid access mode access point can determine to allow member level access to the device. Similarly, where the target access point operates in a closed access mode, a source access point in the same CSG can determine whether to initiate handover of the device to the target access point based at least in part on CSG membership information for the device.