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The Department of Health and Aged Care have released the Aged Care Wages - Stage 3 Historical Leave Liability - Tranche 1 Grant

• Grant details are available here
• GO7428
• Closes 6 March 2025

This grant opportunity provides $21.326 million in 2025 - 26 to fund wage increases effective from 1 January 2025. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide one-off funding to eligible providers to pay eligible aged care workers to take their leave entitlements at the higher rates of pay for Tranche 1 increases only that begin to take effect from 1 January 2025.

• Residential Aged Care providers for 25 per cent of the eligible increase to leave entitlements associated with paying the higher cost of leave entitlements for aged care workers whose wages have increased as a result of the FWC’s decision.
• 50 per cent of the eligible increase to leave entitlements associated with paying the higher cost of leave entitlements for aged care workers whose wages have increased as a result of the FWC’s Stage 3 decision for the following providers delivering the
  • Home Care Packages Program,
  • CHSP,
  • Transition Care Program,
  • Short Term Restorative Care Program, and
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program

Applications can only be accepted from Aged care service providers that have increased aged care worker wages as a result of the FWC’s Stage 3 decision, and:

• are an approved aged care provider of one or more of the programs listed below:
  • Residential aged care; and / or
  • Home Care Package Program; and / or
  • CHSP; and / or
  • Transition Care Program; and / or
  • Short-Term Restorative Programme; and / or
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.

• have in scope aged care workers whose wages have been increased as a result of the FWC Stage 3 decision and are employed under the following awards (or under an Agreement that is underpinned by these awards):
  • Aged Care Award 2010
    • Direct care aged care employees include assistants in nursing/nursing assistants, personal care workers, recreational or lifestyle activities officers; and
    • General and administrative services employees include administration staff, drivers, maintenance staff, gardeners, laundry hands, cleaners, and food services assistants
  • Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry (SCHADS) Award 2010 (Schedule F)
    • Home care employees whose primary role is to provide home care to aged care clients.

Please note: If you employ workers through the Indigenous Employment Initiative and those workers have eligible accumulated leave liabilities as of 31 December 2024, include those workers in your claim

Grant Activity Timeframe:

Potential grantees are advised that an election for the House of Representatives may be called before this grant process has been concluded. If an election is called and the House of Representatives is dissolved, then caretaker arrangements will apply to the business of Government. By convention, decisions are not taken during this period that would bind an incoming Government and limit its freedom of action. Consequently, potential grantees need to be aware that any grant processes which have not been concluded before the caretaker period, or which commence during the caretaker period, may experience delays in finalisation and could potentially be revised or cancelled.