Health and Development Participation Grant - Stream 2 - 2027

The Health and Development Participation (HDP) Grant funding aims to support early learning service providers to embed suitable strategies to enable their partnership, and children’s participation, in the Health and Development Checks in Early Learning Services (HDC) Program and related capacity building supports. The key objective of the HDP Grant is to increase awareness of and engagement with the HDC Program.

Stream 2 is designed for eligible early-leaning led Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.

Who can apply

Be an approved EL service operated by an Approved Provider who meets the definition of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) under Clause 44 of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (2020), and confirm that the approved EL service is: 

• incorporated under relevant legislation and not-for-profit; and   
• controlled and operated by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people; and  
• connected to the community, or communities, in which they deliver the services; and 
• governed by a majority Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander governing body.