The Residential-based Aged Care Services Grant Opportunity (GO6989) closed at 2pm AEST on Thursday 29 August 2024.
A total of $250 million in funding has been allocated for 52 projects. Up to $200 million was initially made available, however, an additional $50 million was recently committed to support more projects in this opportunity.
The opportunity focused on maintaining or improving access to quality residential-based aged care services for:
- older people living in regional, rural and remote communities (MM 2 to MM 7)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders in any location, including metropolitan areas (MM 1 to MM 7)
Results
This was a highly competitive opportunity, with demand far exceeding available funding. In total, 397 applications sought over $1.7 billion for the $200 million initially made available.
The opportunity allocated a total of $250 million for 52 projects.
Grant funding by state and territory:
State/Territory* |
Number of applications |
Allocated funding |
NSW |
16 |
$64,703,982 |
Vic |
11 |
$11,875,156 |
Qld |
7 |
$46,306,160 |
WA |
6 |
$43,510,537 |
SA |
7 |
$19,330,927 |
Tas |
3 |
$42,049,735 |
NT |
2 |
$22,223,503 |
Total |
52 |
$250,000,000 |
|
Projects funded by Modified Monash Model Category (MMM 2019):
MMM 2019 |
Number of applications |
Allocated funding |
MM 1 |
1 |
$25,000,000 |
MM 2 |
1 |
$196,042 |
MM 3 |
9 |
$57,577,103 |
MM 4 |
10 |
$33,501,789 |
MM 5 |
22 |
$99,251,057 |
MM 6 |
5 |
$18,829,990 |
MM 7 |
4 |
$15,644,019 |
Total |
52 |
$250,000,000 |
