Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO8425

The Australian Government is inviting applications in an open process to apply to deliver a National Service for Non-offending Family Members of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators (the Service). The Service was announced as part of the Australian’s Government’s National Strategy to Prevent and Respond Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030 – First National Action Plan, Measure 10, which contributes to Attorney-General’s Department’s Outcome 1, Program 1.4 Justice Services.

The Service grant program (the program) will run over 3 years from 2026–27 to 2028–29.

The objective of the Service is to reduce child sexual abuse-related harms by providing free, nationally available support for non-offending family members of child sexual abuse perpetrators, and working with other government and non-government agencies, including Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement, to enhance engagement with this group. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

• support and empower non-offending family members to manage the impacts of child sexual abuse
• provide non-offending family members with access to high-quality, trauma informed services, resources and coordinated system responses
• increase awareness and understanding of the needs and impacts on non-offending family members.

The Service will provide support to and advocacy for non-offending family members at the time of crisis and through ongoing periods of adjustment, recovery and healing. Non-offending family members will be able to access safe, inclusive and responsive emotional and therapeutic support through a range of service channels, including an online peer support forum and national helpline.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be a legal entity with the capacity to enter into a legally binding agreement or contract.

To be eligible you must be one of the following:

• company
• cooperative
• incorporated association
• Indigenous corporation
• statutory entity.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust,  the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.

Further information on entity types is available on the Community Grants Hub webpage.

Assessment of applications - Within 5 weeks from the closing date

Approval of outcomes of selection process - Within 8 weeks from the closing date

Notification to applicants - Within 9 weeks from the closing date

Negotiations and award of grant agreement - Within 10 weeks from the closing date

Earliest start date of grant activity - September 2026

End date of grant activity - 30 June 2029.

To apply you must:

• complete the online grant opportunity application form on GrantConnect 
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEST on 3 July 2026.

Please use:

• National Service - Questions and Answers - version 2
• National Service - Grant Opportunity Guidelines - version 2, correction to the open and closing date in section 3 only.