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The Support at Home Pooled Funding Trial (the trial) is part of the Support at Home program. The trial will test whether pooling a portion of participants’ budgets in a group setting can improve service delivery and support older people to access more services through creating economies of scale. 

The trial involves Support at Home participants accessing services on a more flexible or as-needed basis, similar to that of a subscription model. For example, residents of a retirement village may choose to subscribe to access 24/7 nursing support, rather than arranging individual nursing services separately. Participants from a particular cultural or linguistically diverse group could coordinate some of their funding to access group social support and activities, or other niche service offerings, in their primary language.

This grant opportunity invites Support at Home providers to apply to participate in the trial. It will award funding to successful grant applicants to compensate them for the additional administrative costs incurred by managing and delivering the trial. This funding will be paid in addition to the subsidy that providers are eligible for under the Aged Care Act 2024.

Eligibility:

This program is for registered providers that deliver Support at Home services.

Eligible providers must meet ALL the following eligibility criteria at the time of application:

1. be delivering Support at Home services to Support at Home participants
2. be registered under the Aged Care Act 2024 in one or more of the following categories:
   • Home and community services
   • Advisory and support services
   • Personal and care support in the home or community
   • Nursing and transition care
3. have an Australian Business Number (ABN) that matches the entity’s registration under the Aged Care Act 2024 with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, be registered for GST purposes, and hold an account with an Australian financial institution
4. be one of the following entity types:
   • Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
   • company
   • corporate Commonwealth Entity
   • non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority 
   • corporate State or Territory Entity 
   • non-corporate State or Territory Entity 
   • non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
   • local Government
   • cooperative
   • incorporated Association
   • statutory Entity 
   • partnership
   • unincorporated Association
   • sole trader.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

Additional eligibility requirements are available at Section 4.1.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

This grant opportunity (GO) will drive improved health outcomes for people in Australia, living with, or at risk of, chronic conditions by supporting early detection, prevention and effective management. Guided by the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions 2026-2035 (Framework) the Program will support a strategic and competitive investment approach that ensures transparency, fairness and alignment with Government priorities.

The objectives of the GO are:

• Health Promotion and Education
• Embedding Prevention and Early Detection
• System integrated, multidisciplinary and person centred continuity of care
• Managing Multimorbidity
• Enhanced and targeted support for health equity.

Funding will be awarded to initiatives that demonstrate measurable impact and contribute to long-term, sustainable improvements in chronic conditions health outcomes based on the following Tiers, with Tier 1 being prioritised:

Tier 1: National Collaborative Activities - Funding supports large-scale activities with national scope that address multiple chronic conditions and/or risk factors and meet at least two Program objectives/focus areas listed at section 2.1 in the Framework. These initiatives should foster cross-sector collaboration, encouraging partnerships between health organisations, community groups, research institutions, and other relevant stakeholders. Tier 1 projects should use a unified approach, addressing related conditions or common risk factors regardless of specific diagnoses.

Tier 2: Targeted Activities - Funding is designed to support short term activities that contribute to at least one of the Program’s objectives. These activities may focus on a single chronic condition or risk factor allowing for targeted interventions including pilot projects and time limited trials.

This grant opportunity aims to distribute funding to meet the unique needs of Australians with disability under the age of 65, their families, carers and kin. 

Supports funded under the grant opportunity may provide benefit to children aged 0-8 and their families where this forms part of a broader service offer or scope.

Successful organisations will be funded to deliver activities that strengthen support networks, including peer support networks, empower people with disability, and foster meaningful connections across diverse communities.

This grant opportunity will be split into three (3) activity streams:

• Stream 1: Individual and Family Capacity Building,
• Stream 2: Community Capacity Building,
• Stream 3: Information, Advice and Referral.

Applicants may apply for more than one (1) stream (although this is not a requirement) and will need to complete a separate application for each stream being applied for.

To be eligible you must be one (1) of the following entity types:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
• Company
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Local Government
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Statutory Entity
• Partnership

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

Applications from consortia are acceptable, providing there is a lead organisation that is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. 

Eligible organisations can form a consortium with ineligible organisations, with the exception of those organisations deemed ineligible because they are:

• Included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’,
• Included on the non-compliant organisations list on the Workplace Gender Equality Agency website,
• Included on the NDIS Commission’s website for compliance action, and/or 
• Subject to a banning order that is in force under section 73ZN of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

The objective of the GPACI is to improve access to quality, proactive general practice care for older people who live in aged care homes by incentivising proactive visits, regular, planned reviews and coordinated care planning.

Primary care providers and practices registered in MyMedicare will receive incentive payments for providing their MyMedicare registered patients who permanently live in residential aged care homes with care planning services and regular visits.

Practices participating in The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) receive an additional 12.5% incentive payment on every $1 of the MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split evenly (50/50) between the GP and the practice. 

Participating practices must bulk bill every eligible MBS service (Outlined at Appendix 15.3 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines) for all their Medicare-eligible patients to receive the incentive payment. Eligible MBS services include the most common GP services such as time-tiered consultation items, health assessments, mental health treatment items, and chronic condition management items. The BBPIP incentive payment is in addition to MBS benefits paid, and MBS BBIs are paid independently of the BBPIP incentive payments.

Living organ donation is major surgery and carries risk for the donor. Prospective donors undergo extensive work-up testing to ensure they are physically and mentally able to donate, and these medical appointments may require donors to take time off work. If donation surgery proceeds, donors may require a significant amount of time off work to recover. The extensive work-up testing and donation surgery may require donors to travel long distances for medical appointments.

The program aims to ensure that taking time off work and out-of-pocket travel and accommodation expenses are not a barrier for individuals considering donation. The program provides reimbursement of paid leave and out-of-pocket expenses associated with donation.    

The program is not an incentive to donate. It is designed to help support those individuals who wish to donate but cannot afford to due to loss of income and the financial stress it would cause for them and their family.

The purpose of the program is to reduce the financial stress associated with being a living organ donor, raise the profile of living organ donors and encourage employers to support employees who have chosen to donate an organ.

o be eligible you must be:

• An individual / person

To be eligible for leave reimbursement, you must have donated a kidney or partial liver, or done work-up testing and be:

• donating in Australia; and
• an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973); and
• have a valid Medicare card; and
• 18 years of age or older; and
• employed by a registered Australian business with an active ABN. The employer must be willing to participate in the program; or
• self-employed with an active ABN.

To be eligible for out-of-pocket expenses reimbursement, you must have donated a kidney or partial liver, or done work-up testing and be:

• donating in Australia; and
• an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973), with a valid Medicare card OR donating to an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973), with a valid Medicare card; and
• 18 years of age or older

The Continence Aids Payment Scheme (CAPS) provides a payment to help reduce the costs of buying continence products from a supplier of your choice.

To get CAPS you need to meet all the eligibility requirements. The basic requirements are that you:

• have permanent and severe incontinence
• have an eligible neurological condition or eligible other condition that is the cause of your permanent and severe incontinence
• be 5 years or older
• be an Australian citizen.

The CAPS payment rate for 2025–26 is $717.10. The payment may increase or decrease a little every year following the Government’s budget process.