Forecast Opportunity View - Indigenous Boarding Providers - Expansion grant op

This grant opportunity was announced as part of the 2022-23 March Budget. $17.25 million will be provided to support boarding providers to continue to keep students engaged in school and ensure improved education outcomes, in 2023. 

This grant opportunity builds on the $15.758 million provided through the Indigenous Boarding Providers grant program in the 2022 calendar year.

To be eligible for a grant you must be an established boarding school, hostel, stand-alone or independent boarding facility targeted at supporting First Nations students from remote or very remote Australia. 

Grants will be available to boarding providers with a high proportion (40% to 100%) of First Nations boarding students from remote and very remote Australia. Lower proportions may be considered depending on demand for the grants. 

Students supported by the grants must be entitled to ABSTUDY Away from Home payments.

This grant opportunity is open to both boarding providers who received an Indigenous Boarding Providers grant in 2022 and other eligible boarding providers.

Grants can be used for a wide range of activities including wrap-around supports focused on wellbeing; mental health support; pastoral care; academic support; transition activities; capital projects including upgrades or improvements to facilities; or improving engagement between schools and students’ home communities.

GO5948 Indigenous Boarding Providers – Expansion  |  Closed