National Aged Care Advocacy Program

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to continue to deliver individual advocacy support through the National Aged Care Advocacy Program (NACAP) to assist older people to understand and exercise their aged care options, so they can make informed choices.   In addition, it aims to provide improved and more consistent client outcomes, responsive assessments of clients' needs and goals, appropriate referral, and equitable access to aged care services. The NACAP is currently funded through to 30 June 2025 through a single national provider. The national provider was successful for the NACAP in a closed non-competitive grant opportunity in 2021 and in an open competitive grant opportunity in 2017.  The Australian Government provided a budget increase of $100 million (including indexation) over four years in the 2021-22 Budget for expanded independent advocacy to support greater choice and quality safeguards for senior Australians.  The budget measure is ongoing, and the increase responds to Recommendation 106.1-2 in the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.  To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.