Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6339

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to provide Primary Health Networks (PHNs) with grant funding to support primary health care access by CALD communities. The grant funding must address the challenges and barriers some people from CALD backgrounds face when accessing primary health care. The grant funding much address gaps in primary health service arrangements, barriers to accessing these services and improve services integration within their PHN regions.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

* commission services to support primary health care access by people from CALD backgrounds where there are limited or no services available in the local community through addressing service gaps in the PHN region

* identify and support services for people from CALD backgrounds where it is demonstrated that there are challenges and barriers to accessing and navigating primary care services

* promote coordination between services at a local level and support local service providers in having the skills and systems to provide effective care that integrates with a patient’s usual primary care provider.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

* increase primary care access by people from CALD backgrounds

* increase the efficiency, effectiveness and navigability of primary health care services for people from CALD background;

* improve planning, coordination and support for primary health care services

To improve primary care access,PHNs should:

* coordinate with stakeholders

* commission services to overcome the gap in services and barriers to primary health care.

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This grant opportunity has been established as a one-off or ad hoc grant. The department considers that this is an appropriate type of selection process considering there is urgent need for the PHNs to be able to continue the provision of services for improving access to primary care by vulnerable populations. Grants under the PHN Multicultural Access Program are limited to existing PHNs only. You must be one of the 31 PHNs listed in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines to be eligible. This is in keeping with the intent of the program to provide a national network of regional organisations that commission and integrate services at the local level to address identified needs and provide support and system level integration for health services to improve coordination of care for patients.

$10,000,000.00

From $0.00 to $10,000,000.00

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