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The Department of Health and Aged Care has opened grant GO7358 for Fair Work Commission (FWC) Stage 3 (Tranche 1) Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Base - Closes 9 January 2025

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide one-off funding of the actual cost to CHSP service providers to meet the costs of increased wages of eligible aged care workers to the new minimum award wage from 1 January 2025.

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Please ensure that your organisation reviews the criteria and applies by 9 January 2025 if eligible. This funding relates to the recent Fair Work Commission ruling and provides funding to cover the additional wage costs.

Applications can only be accepted from:

• An existing CHSP service provider that:
  • has an executed grant agreement with the Commonwealth, as represented by the Department of Health and Aged Care, to deliver CHSP services that is due to expire on 30 June 2025; and
  • employs CHSP direct and indirect aged care workers that are paid under one of the following eligible award types that are impacted by the FWC Stage 3 decision (and must provide evidence of this through a completed Employee Workforce Capture Template and where relevant Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) that shows the eligible workers and award payment type / amount):
    • Aged Care Award 2010
    • Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry (SCHADS) Award 2010 (Schedule F – Home Care) , and
  • employs CHSP aged care under one or more of the below CHSP service types:
    • Allied Health and Therapy Services
    • Assistance with Care and Housing
    • Centre Based Respite
    • CHSP Personal Care
    • CHSP Transport
    • Cottage Respite
    • Domestic Assistance
    • Flexible Respite
    • Goods, Equipment and Assistive Technology
    • Home Maintenance
    • Home Modifications
    • Meals
    • Nursing
    • Other Food Services
    • Service Systems Development
    • Social Support – Group
    • Social Support – Individual
    • Specialised Support Services