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COTA Queensland CHSP Provider Update
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has updated the CHSP Manual.
The CHSP 2025–27 Manual provides an overview of the program, provider responsibilities, funding and program changes from 1 November 2025 under the Aged Care Act 2024. Please ensure you are using Version 5, released on their website on 30 September 2026. The Manual has 3 parts: About CHSP, Eligibility and Delivery Requirements, and Admninistration and Provider responsibilities, and 8 appendices.
Almost all chapters of the manual have been updated, along with Appendices A, F and G.
Version 5 of the manual:
Changes to the Appendices include:
Resource: CHSP Manual and Appendicies
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COTA Queensland’s Sector Support and Development team believes every child has the right to be safe, to feel safe and to be protected from harm.
Guided by our organisation’s safeguarding framework, our team has completed a structured risk assessment of our sector-facing activities and undertaken targeted training to strengthen our ability to prevent, identify and respond to child abuse.
We are committed to acting promptly and appropriately if concerns are raised or disclosures occur, and to supporting safe practices across the sector.