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COVID-19 Government Funding Resource Version 3: December 2020
Funding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
COVID-19 Aged Care Grant process Reimburses HCP providers expenditure for Will run for 2 years from 2019-20 to
Support Program Grant page managing direct impacts of COVID-19. 2020-21.
(reimbursement Applies from the date on which the staff member
Reimbursement
of costs) or client is tested for COVID-19 and the date on
which direct COVID-19 impacts are resolved
(i.e. no infected or isolated residents, staff
members or clients).
Residential Care Has commenced flowing to providers Temporary subsidy increase for residential care to Additional funding of 1.2%. Increases are effective from 1 March 2020
Continuity of Workforce
Supply (subsidy
who have submitted their April claims.
NOW CONCLUDED
support continuing workforce supply to 31 August 2020
increase)
Increased Viability Payments:
to providers eligible 30% temporary increase
for the Residential
Care Viability NOW CONCLUDED
Supplement
to providers eligible 30% temporary increase Funding starts 1 March 2020 to
for the Home Care
Viability Supplement NOW CONCLUDED 31 August 2020
to providers eligible 30% temporary increase
for the Homeless
Supplement
NOW CONCLUDED
Viability Supplement All NATSIFLEX providers eligible
equivalent payment
under the National
Aboriginal and Torres NOW CONCLUDED
Strait IslanderFunding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
Flexible Aged Care Program:
Viability Supplement Have commenced flowing to providers All Multi-Purpose Services eligible Increases are effective from 1 March 2020
equivalent payment
for Multi-Purpose
who have submitted their April claims.
NOW CONCLUDED to 31 August 2020
Services
One off COVID support Provided through Services Australia and One off payment to facilities all around the country $900 per occupied bed Payments will be based on the number of
(residential care) will be made by early June and triggered to support them in the costs that they are incurring support payment in days of care provided during February and
Second payment by claims made. to deal with the COVID-19 crisis in their sector. residential codes MMN-1. June 2020. Providers will receive around
1,350 dollars per residential $900 per full time equivalent resident in
bed in regional/rural $1300. major metropolitan areas and around $1350
per full time equivalent resident in all other
Second payment: $975 and
areas. Providers will be required to provide
$1375 as above based on
a description in the annual compliance
June occupancy.
statement due on 31 October of how they
have used the payment to support care for
residents during COVID-19. Providers are
reporting receipt of payments in June.
Home Care Package Increases are effective from 1 March Additional funding for HCP providers to support Temporary increase all No guidance yet on how providers
Continuity of Workforce 2020 to 31 August 2020 and have continuity of workforce supply. levels of Home Care should access this from their consumers’
Supply (subsidy
increase)
commenced flowing to providers who
have submitted their April claims. NOW CONCLUDED Package subsidy rates by
1.2% for 5 months.
subsidies. In the interim, recommendation
is to apply a COVID fee to access HCP
Schedule of subsidies and supplements. subsidy increase, but client to agree to it.
CHSP Emergency An application form can be requested Available over two years to fund unsolicited grant Applications open 1 April Must justify your business need and
Support from Funding Arrangement Managers proposals for providers (e.g. Meals on Wheels) to 30 September 2020. increased demand for services.
or by email from CHSPprogram@health. who are delivering services to clients above their Have up to 30 June 2022 to Provide evidence of a significant financial
gov.au normal business outputs. expend the funding. impact to service delivery or workforce
This grant opportunity requires a full Only available to existing CHSP providers retention.
assessment process, as such the time ineligible for flexibility provisions because they High demand services include, for
between application and payment may only deliver one CHSP type or have already fully example, social support individual,
vary depending on the complexity of utilised their flexibility. domestic assistance, personal care,
the requested funding, the application Applicants who have been successful in nursing and essential transport services.
form being completed correctly, and receiving funding are advertised on Grants Innovations include new and innovative
the time that the provider takes to Connect. Feedback is provided directly to service delivery models and in the
return the agreement for execution. unsuccessful applications. retention of staff and volunteers.Funding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
More Flexible CHSP Changes to guidelines and Enable CHSP providers to reallocate up to 100% No new funding. Providers may still only allocate resources
Arrangements communication. of funding across services for which they are to services they are funded for.
funded (within region), with a focus on directing Limited provision to expand into new
funds to more critical services such as meals and service types. All service providers should
grocery delivery. be undertaking welfare checks over the
phone with clients who have ceased
services. Social Support Group, Centre
Based Respite and Flexible Respite
providers can reallocate funds to two
service sub-types in their ACPR (if not
funded to deliver these service types):
Social Support Individual (Telephone/
Web Contact), or
Domestic Assistance (unaccompanied
shopping).
CHSP providers funded to provide social
support individual or group, can use grant
funds to purchase IT, such as tablets, smart
devices, and internet subscriptions to help
connect older people to their family, carers
and social groups under existing CHSP
grant rules. This is not an option at the
moment for CHSP providers not funded to
provide social support.
Workforce support:
Temporary Surge Advise the Department of Health Skilled workforce to fill critical gaps or shortage 4 weeks initially. Directly impacted means services with
Workforce Support - know that you are experiencing a while the aged care provider finds a longer-term The Government will one or more COVID-19 infected or isolated
finding. case or outbreak of COVID-19 via solution, which includes staff returning from pay the costs of eligible residents / clients / staff.
agedcarecovidcases@health.gov.au. isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19. approved aged care Providers must have exhausted their
Eligible approved providers (RACF, Providers will be able to engage the required providers for engaging the existing resource recruitment channels
NATSIFACP, Home Care Package workforce for up to 4 weeks initially. workforce through Mable. before they are eligible to access funded
Providers) workforce support. For example, if a home
Access these supports through the care package provider urgently needs a
My Aged Care Provider and Assessor personal care worker to deliver in home
Helpline on 1800 836 799. care services or, a residential provider
requires a registered nurse and they have
My Aged Care will determine eligibility to
been unable to find a resource(s) using
access funded workforce through Mable
their existing channels, they can use this
and will direct providers to Mable to
service to get an appropriately skilled
access the workforce they need.
person to deliver the services they need.Funding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
Emergency Response RACF providers only. Emergency response teams will be deployed Initial deployment of staff Significantly and directly impacted by
Teams (ERT) Let the Department of Health know that to site. for 16 days. COVID-19.
you are experiencing a case or outbreak Once this is activated, a Nurse Responder will No longer have capacity or capability to
of COVID-19 via agedcarecovidcases@ contact the residential aged care provider to deliver quality care due to COVID-19.
health.gov.au provide advice and support immediately over the For example, this may include: a significant
Aspen Medical has been engaged by phone and be on site within 24 hours (subject to proportion of staff (eg. 50%) are infected or
the Department to deploy Emergency travel time). isolated due to COVID-19; or a significant
Response Teams (ERTs) where intensive Once on site, the Nurse Responder will assess the number of residents are infected by
and critical support is required by an situation at the facility with facility management COVID-19 or the spread of infection cannot
approved residential aged care provider to determine workforce requirements and arrange be contained; or senior management (eg.
who no longer has the capacity or for appropriate staff to be deployed for an initial CEO, Director of Nursing or other senior
capability to continue delivering aged care period of sixteen days. managers) are infected or isolated due to
services due to the impact of COVID-19. COVID-19 and are unable to continue to
Where a provider is significantly and operate or provide quality care to residents.
directly impacted by COVID-19, a
departmental officer will contact the
residential aged care provider to discuss
what support might be needed. If the
Department assesses the provider is in
critical need, the departmental officer will
seek the deployment of an ERT.
Remote Locum Residential aged care, NATSIFACP Access to a temporary surge workforce support in Directly impacted means services with
Workforce Support & Home Care Packages in remote the event that they are unable to find staff through one or more COVID-19 infected or isolated
locations. their usual channels residents/clients/staff.
Advise the Department of Health that Aspen Medical received funding from the Australia Exhausted all other usual recruitment
you are experiencing a case or outbreak Government Department of Health to have avenues.
of COVID-19 via agedcarecovidcases@ remote locums available for approved aged care
health.gov.au providers in remote locations directly impacted by
Where a provider is directly impacted COVID-19.
by COVID-19, a departmental officer
will contact the aged care provider to
discuss what support might be needed.
If the Department assesses that the
provider may need access to remote
locums, they will seek support from
Aspen to identify and deploy suitable
locums.Funding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
For staff:
Aged Care Workforce Via a grant application The Aged Care Workforce Retention Grant Three separate payments of Requires providers to submit both an
Retention www.grants.gov.au Program will run over two financial years from up to $800 (for residential application and spreadsheet which
2019-20 to 2020-21. aged care workers) and up calculates eligible staffing for the
Grant : 4068
Payments are based on the average weekly hours to $600 (for home care aged census period.
Queries to care workers) would be
worked by the Eligible Aged Care Worker over the The second and third payment will
Grant.atm@health.gov.au before 5pm four week period prior to the application date made in July and September be equal to the first unless certain
AEST on 10 July (for the first grant payment) and 31 August 2020. 2020 for Eligible Aged Care thresholds apply in which case an updated
Applications close 2pm AEST Workers employed at the information will be required.
20 July 2020 time the application
Payments should be made to staff within
is submitted.
two pay cycles of receipt of the grant.
NOTE: these payments
are taxable.
Payments do not attract the
superannuation guarantee.
For organisations:
JobKeeper Application Eligible employers are businesses The federal government will pay eligible employers JobKeeper is about $400 a fortnight more
(including companies, partnerships, $1,500 per fortnight for each eligible worker. than the $1,100 jobseeker payment with
trusts and sole traders), not-for-profits In order to receive a payment, both the employer the coronavirus supplement for those out
and charities: and employee must meet eligibility criteria. of work.
With a turnover of less than $1bn that Rates for the second and third extension of Job
have lost 30% or more of their revenue Keeper are adjusted. The scheme now runs to
compared to a comparable period a 28 March 2021.
year ago.
Further information on the revised rates and
With a turnover of $1bn or more eligibility conditions can be found at:
and with at least a 50% reduction in
ATO Job Keeper extension details
revenue compared to a comparable
period a year ago.
For registered charities except
education institutions such as
universities the threshold is a decline in
turnover of 15% or more, under changes
announced on 6 April. Charities are
allowed to exclude government revenue
from the turnover test.
ATO information on JobKeeperFunding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
Business Improvement Business Improvement Fund Extended for another year with $48 million available Funding will not exceed https://www.health.gov.au/resources/
Fund Targeted, grant-based assistance to to assist providers improve their business operations. $7,500 per operational publications/business-improvement-fund-
residential aged care providers. Providers can use the funding to: improve their residential care bed. for-residential-care-fact-sheet
Applications must be submitted via business, for example to restructure business In the case of a sale of
GrantConnect by 2:00pm AEST on operations and upgrade financial management and a business, funding will
30 April 2021. IT systems transition a business to a new provider not exceed $15,000 per
close down a business in a safe and orderly operational residential
For more information, and to submit
manner and transition residents to other facilities care bed.
your application form, visit the Business
(where there’s no other option)
Improvement Fund Application Form.
Any residential care provider can apply (other than
state/territory-owned providers of residential care or
multi-purpose services). However, the fund primarily
supports small- to medium-sized residential care
providers, which: have limited access to other
financial support are facing significant financial
pressures which may impact on care to residents or
risk service closure.
Initiatives to support providers but no funding attached:
Free Training modules COVID-19 Training Suite Five modules DOH eLearning program for Aged Free access to aged
Care workers. care staff.
Personal Safety, Families and Visitors, Outbreak
Management and PPE.
Residential respite Streamlined process for residential care providers to
availability apply to increase the number of residential respite
days at a service.
Visa extension Workers on international student visas Letter of comfort send to providers.
are no longer restricted to 40 hours
a fortnight.Funding initiative What is the process to receive What is available and to whom? How much Additional information
funding e.g. automatically through At the provider level Anything else that is critical for
your funding stream or via specific a provider to know about this
Including any limits
application?
Funding targeted at older Australians:
Community Visitor Not to providers $10million To support extra staff to train volunteer
Scheme for an as yet unspecified visitors to connect with residential care and
period. home care package consumers both online
and by phone, and assist seniors to keep in
touch with the community and loved ones.
Accessing Personal Unspent 2019/20 CHSP funding can be Personal monitoring technology includes: For clients The Department of Health notes that
Monitoring Technology used to purchase up to $1000 worth of Personal monitoring systems which, through the in Australia the relevant Standard for
personal monitoring technology for their push of a button or automated technology, send personal monitoring technology is AS 4607
vulnerable clients in need of this support an alert to a monitoring centre or family member (personal response systems). However,
during COVID-19 in the case of an emergency, such as a fall or the Department is not mandating that
health crisis; personal monitoring technology purchased
to support older Australians must meet
Personal monitoring systems that monitor clients
Standard AS 4607.
for changes in behavioural patterns and send
alerts, that is, they are not only for alerts during CHSP providers are responsible for
emergencies such as a fall; working with clients to determine whether
they have a need and willingness to use
Network access subscriptions and 24/7
personal monitoring technology. It does not
monitoring services (for personal and home
require an aged care assessment. CHSP
alarms) for up to 12 months (which must be
providers are accountable for determining
purchased in 2019-20); and
a client’s need and are not to relinquish
Technical training, initial set-up support and this responsibility to a personal monitoring
ongoing support for clients with their personal system vendor.
monitoring system.
Expanded meal delivery Expanded Meal Delivery Service Meals are not free, cost of food applies as per Not to providers.
services CHSP meal services.
Northern Territory initiatives:
Grants of up to $100,000 will be given to Northern Territory (NT) not-for-profit and community organisations to engage local businesses to do repairs, renovations and upgrades to their property
and facilities. These are for permanent physical improvements to land and / or buildings.
The first $50,000 will be paid as a grant without co-contribution required.
The NT Government will also match any renovation costs that exceed $50,000 on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to a maximum of $100,000 total.For more information
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