The 2018-19 Budget included a measure to expand the existing National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) Program to improve access to culturally safe aged services in remote Indigenous communities. A total of $105.7 million was made available over 4 years from 2018-19 to 2021-22.

This grant opportunity provides funding of up to $34 million (GST exclusive) from 2021-22 over 3 years to expand the number of residential places under the NATSIFAC Program in geographical locations MMM 6 and 7.

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to finalise the expansion of residential care places for the NATSIFAC Program.

The ive of the grant opportunity is to:

• increase the number of residential aged care places in MMM 6 and 7 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and very remote areas of Australia.

The intended outcome of the grant opportunity is:

• increased access to culturally safe aged care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and very remote areas of Australia.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.

To be eligible you must be one of the following:

• Type A - Approved providers currently delivering Commonwealth funded residential care services (administered under the Aged Care Act 1997) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in geographical locations MMM 6-7 with an allocation of 30 or less residential aged care places per service, or co-located service, for conversion to the NATSIFAC Program.
• Type B - Organisations not currently delivering aged care services, but which have existing infrastructure for up to 30 residenti