Support at Home Pooled Funding Trial

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.