Current Grant Opportunity View - GO8589

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide funding for selected Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs), currently delivering General Practitioner services, to provide Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) under the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) who have not previously been funded to do so.

This funding will be available over four years from 2026-27 to 2029-30.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• provide First Nations people with improved access to culturally appropriate comprehensive primary health care services by: Supporting ACCHSs to expand or enhance service availability, service frequency, the range of services offered, workforce capability, service integration and geographic coverage

• support ACCHSs to deliver culturally appropriate comprehensive primary health care services tailored to the health needs and priorities of their communities, and

• support ACCHSs to embed Continuous Quality Improvement and best practice clinical and organisational governance into CPHC service delivery, supporting good health outcomes for clients and service sustainability.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• First Nations people can access culturally appropriate CPHC services, where and when they need it

• ACCHSs deliver culturally appropriate CPHC services that meet the health needs and priorities of their local communities, and 

• ACCHSs deliver best practice CPHC services to their local communities.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.

To be eligible, you must be one of the listed organisations and have received an invitation to apply from the department. Only ACCHSs currently delivering GP services tailored to the health needs and priorities of First Nations communities are eligible to apply. 

• Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement Company Ltd

• Mookai Rosie Bi-Bayan (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation)

• Moorditj Koort Aboriginal Corporation

• Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation

• Yerrabi Yurwang Child & Family Aboriginal Corporation

• Yoorana Gunya Family Healing Centre Aboriginal Corporation

• Lakes Entrance Aboriginal Health Association Inc

• La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council (Gamay Health)

• Palm Island Community Company Ltd

• Maaruma-Li Aboriginal Corporation - Aboriginal Medical Service

These organisations have been selected as a result of information gathered and analysed by the department and sector intelligence provided by NACCHO as organisations that:

• currently provide essential primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities but do not currently receive IAHP CPHC funding

• have established governance arrangements as community-controlled organisations and maintain strong relationships with the communities they serve

• have a demonstrated service footprint, client base and experience delivering culturally appropriate primary health care, providing a foundation for successful expansion to the broader CPHC model

• are operating in locations where there are opportunities to improve access to culturally appropriate comprehensive primary health care services, and

• are well placed to contribute to Closing the Gap Priority Reform 2 by strengthening the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector and increasing community-controlled delivery of primary health care services.

$27,675,000.00

From $500,000.00 to $3,000,000.00

Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time via the Online Application Form document located via the "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side. 

You should keep a copy of your application and any supporting documents. You will receive an automated email notification acknowledging the receipt of the submission which includes your Submission Reference ID. Retain this ID if you wish to query your application. If you do not receive an automated email notification within 48 hours of submission, please email Grant.ATM@health.gov.au. 

Note the 2MB limit per attachment in the application form. Multiple files/documents should be scanned into a single document. Compressed or zip files are not accepted. File names must be unique and not include foreign characters.