The trial will test whether pooling a portion of participants' budgets in a group setting can improve service delivery and support older people to access more services through creating economies of scale.

The Support at Home program helps older people remain in their home as they age. The program supports delivery of coordinated care and services to meet an individual's assessed ageing-related care needs.

Support at Home is designed to be a person-centred program that supports aged care providers to deliver services that treat older people as unique individuals. Under the Aged Care Act 2024, older people have the right to quality and safe aged care services, with their individual identity, culture, spirituality, and diversity valued and supported.

The Support at Home Pooled Funding Trial (the trial) is part of the Support at Home program.

This grant opportunity invites Support at Home providers to apply to participate in the trial. It will award funding to successful grant applicants to compensate them for the additional administrative costs incurred by managing and delivering the trial. This funding will be paid in addition to the subsidy that providers are eligible for under the Aged Care Act 2024.

This program is for registered providers that deliver Support at Home services.

Eligible providers must meet ALL the following eligibility criteria at the time of application:

a) be delivering Support at Home services to Support at Home participants

b) be registered under the Aged Care Act 2024 in one or more of the following categories:

• Home and community services
• Advisory and support services
• Personal and care support in the home or community
• Nursing and transition care

c) have an Australian Business Number (ABN) that matches the entity's registration under the Aged Care Act 2024 with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, be registered for GST purposes, and hold an account with an Australian financial institution

d) be one of the following entity types:

• Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
• company
• corporate Commonwealth Entity
• non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• corporate State or Territory Entity
• non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• local Government
• cooperative
• incorporated Association
• statutory Entity
• partnership
• unincorporated Association
• sole trader.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

• Email: Grant.ATM@health.gov.au