Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7045
Structural Adjustment Fund – Round 2
The Structural Adjustment Fund (the Fund) is running over 3 years from 2023–24 to 2025–26. The program was announced as part of the Government’s 2023–24 Budget. This is the second and final round under the Fund. Up to $14.7 million is available for this second round, and grants can be for up to 15 months. Most grants are anticipated to be between $50,000 and $500,000 (GST exclusive.).
The purpose of the Fund is to create employment pathways and opportunities for people with intellectual disability and other high support needs.
The Fund will enable this by supporting a range of innovative projects to create:
• sustainable employment, training and capacity building opportunities for people with high support needs
• better pathways to open employment for people with high support needs
• supported employment workplaces that better meet community expectations, including by paying higher wages and becoming more connected to the community.
The department anticipates there will be a variety of approaches suitable for these grants, however all grant activities must clearly align with the guiding principles for the future of supported employment, and support people with high support needs to progress towards their employment goals.
Round 2 also has a focus on projects which support priority cohorts, including First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people with disability. More information about priority cohorts is contained in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
To be eligible to receive a grant, you must be one of the following legal entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Local Government Entity
- Partnership
- Sole Trader
- Statutory Entity.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types listed above.
Further information on entity types is available on the Community Grants Hub webpage.
Assessment of applications – September to November 2024
Approval of outcomes of selection process – November to December 2024
Notification to applicants – January 2025
Negotiations and award of grant agreements – January to March 2025
Earliest start date of grant activity – March 2025
End date of grant activity – Grants can be for up to 15 months. The latest date a grant can finish is June 2026.
To apply you must:
- complete the online application form on GrantConnect
- provide all the information requested
- address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
- complete all required templates
- submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 5:00 pm AEST on Thursday 5 September 2024.