Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7393
Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Emergency and Critical Need
The CHSP Emergency and Critical Need grant opportunity (grant) will run from 19 December 2024 until 30 April 2027.
This grant is to assist CHSP providers with financial support to respond to unforeseen and exceptional circumstances. This could include (but is not limited to) one-off funding for emergencies such as: natural disasters; current World Health Organisation declared pandemics; vital equipment failure; increased transport costs due to sudden fuel price changes, and recurrent funding for critical need due to viability concerns or service shortages related to the impact of CHSP provider withdrawals on CHSP service availability and client continuity of care.
The funding categories are detailed in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
All applications for funding will be managed by Invite Only (with application). The department will send the appropriate application forms with invitations to apply.
The department advises that this grant is not to address services demand or expansion. Unsolicited applications will not be considered for funding under this grant.
Up to $45 million is available over the 2024-27 grant period under this grant.
The minimum grant amount is $25,000.00 (GST exclusive). The maximum grant amount is $250,000.00 (GST exclusive) for ongoing funding, however funding amounts outside these limits for emergency and viability/service shortages applications can be considered by the Department.
To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Note: Please refer to the most recent version of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines and Fact Sheet (Version 4) and Fuel Costs Fact sheet (Version 3) published 14 May 2026.
Organisations eligible for the grant will be invited to apply after the department has identified a critical or urgent need for CHSP service providers (or eligible non-CHSP providers) to address unforeseen and exceptional circumstances affecting service delivery.
To be eligible, providers must meet one of the below criteria and have received an invitation to apply from the department.
Eligibility criteria for invited providers:
Category 1: Emergency (for one-off funding)
You must be an existing CHSP provider who has an executed Whole of Government grant agreement with the Commonwealth to deliver CHSP services that is due to expire on 30 June 2025 (or on 30 June 2027).
Category 2: Critical need – provider viability (for recurrent funding)
Be an existing CHSP provider who has an executed Whole of Government grant agreement with the Commonwealth to deliver CHSP services that is due to expire on 30 June 2025 (or on 30 June 2027).
Category 3: Service shortages – provider relinquishments and closure or cessation of other Commonwealth funded services (for recurrent funding to address service gaps)
Be an existing CHSP provider who has an executed Whole of Government grant agreement with the Commonwealth to deliver CHSP services that is due to expire on 30 June 2025 (or on 30 June 2027).
Non-CHSP provider invited to apply by the department must be existing Commonwealth funded providers as listed below:
- An approved provider of Residential Aged Care and/or Home Care Packages funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
- A registered Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) provider.
- A registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider.
- An Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
$45,000,000.00
From $25,000.00 to $250,000.00
Application forms will be emailed to applicants who are invited to apply.
Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time to the email address advised with your invitation to apply.
You should keep a copy of your application and any supporting documents. Registered users will receive an email notification acknowledging the receipt of the submission. If you do not receive an email notification within 24 hours of submission, please contact the department via the email address advised to you with your invitation to apply.