NATSIFAC Program funding for unmet First Nations aged care needs

Overview

This grant opportunity provides $10 million over two years to four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) from 1 February 2024 to 30 June 2025 to ensure essential home and community aged care services continue to be delivered to older First Nations people uninterrupted. The NATSIFAC Program will be administered under the new Aged Care Act (new Act) from 1 July 2024. The eligible ACCHOs targeted in this closed non-competitive grant round will continue to deliver aged care services under the new Act from 1 July 2024. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: • provide funding to four ACCHOs to deliver culturally safe home and community aged care services under the NATSIFAC Program to meet the needs of older First Nations people in each location. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: • ensure the four ACCHOs can continue to deliver essential, culturally safe aged care services to older First Nations people without interruption; and • ensure continued access and delivery of high quality, culturally safe aged care to vulnerable older First Nations people in Southern Perth, Darwin, Western Sydney, and the Gold Coast. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.