Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6651

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a restricted process to apply to deliver services under the program from 2023–24 to 2025–26.  

Community-led Prevention Services, Programs and Campaigns for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children is a program funding prevention services, programs and campaigns for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, including on-Country learning.

To break the cycle of violence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people must be provided with opportunities to heal from their experiences of violence, and to address their own use of problematic and harmful family, domestic or sexual behaviours in holistic ways that incorporate values from culture that drive behaviour change.

This program is a measure in the Commonwealth Implementation Plan under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (Closing the Gap) to achieve Target 13: By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children is reduced at least by 50%, as progress towards zero.

Activities under this program will be designed, led, delivered and evaluated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to share decision-making authority with governments and contribute to building the Aboriginal Community Controlled sector.

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Indigenous Corporation
• Company  
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Corporate State or Territory Entity 
• Partnership 
• A Trust .

Applications from consortia are acceptable, as long as the applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation as per the list above

Additional eligibility requirements apply, please see section 4 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Assessment of applications - 4 weeks 

Approval of outcomes of selection process - 4 weeks 

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Up to 6 weeks

Notification to applicants - 2 weeks 

Earliest start date of grant activity - June 2024

End date of grant activity - 30 June 2026.

To apply you must: 

• complete the online application form, please see 'Submit Application'
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• complete all required templates
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on 16 February 2024.

Please use:

• Community-led Prevention Services Programs and Campaigns - Questions and Answers - version 4

Please note:

The Department of Social Services hosted an information session, to provide a brief overview for this grant round.

The information sessions include a presentation overview of the grant opportunity.

Attendees were invited to ask any questions organisations may have had about the grant process. Questions asked during the information session are provided in Community-led Prevention Services Programs and Campaigns - Questions and Answers - version 3, with answers.

• Community-led Prevention Services Programs and Campaigns - Fact Sheet - version 2