National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program - Lower Gulf Aged Care Services Transition

Overview

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to engage a service provider under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) Program to provide aged care services in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The service provider will need to successfully transition and ensure continuity of care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Doomadgee, Mornington Island and Normanton from the previous aged care service provider. The NATSIFAC Program funds service providers to provide flexible, culturally appropriate aged care to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people close to their home and/or community. NATSIFACP Service are located mainly in remote locations. There are three streams of activity identified under this grant opportunity: Stream 1: Continuity of Care:  to support the continued delivery of, and access to, high quality, culturally appropriate aged care services. Stream 2: Transition Support: to ensure the efficient and successful transition of three aged care services from the current service provider to a new service provider. Stream 3: Emergency Support: to provide emergency funding for unforeseen issues that may arise, which are outside of the service provider’s control. This may include activities required to ensure that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the lower Gulf of Carpentaria continue to receive high quality aged care services. To view the Grant Opportunity Guidelines, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.