About the grant opportunity
The Residential-based Aged Care Services Grant Opportunity (GO6989) closed at 2pm AEST on Thursday 29 August 2024.
A total of $250 million in funding has been allocated for 52 projects. Up to $200 million was initially made available, however, an additional $50 million was recently committed to support more projects in this opportunity.
The opportunity focused on maintaining or improving access to quality residential-based aged care services for:
- older people living in regional, rural and remote communities (MM 2 to MM 7)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders in any location, including metropolitan areas (MM 1 to MM 7)
Results
This was a highly competitive opportunity, with demand far exceeding available funding. In total, 397 applications sought over $1.7 billion for the $200 million initially made available.
The opportunity allocated a total of $250 million for 52 projects.
Grant funding by state and territory:
| State/Territory* | Number of applications | Allocated funding | 
| NSW | 16 | $64,703,982 | 
| Vic | 11 | $11,875,156 | 
| Qld | 7 | $46,306,160 | 
| WA | 6 | $43,510,537 | 
| SA | 7 | $19,330,927 | 
| Tas | 3 | $42,049,735 | 
| NT | 2 | $22,223,503 | 
| Total | 52 | $250,000,000 | 
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Projects funded by Modified Monash Model Category (MMM 2019):
| MMM 2019 | Number of applications | Allocated funding | 
| MM 1 | 1 | $25,000,000 | 
| MM 2 | 1 | $196,042 | 
| MM 3 | 9 | $57,577,103 | 
| MM 4 | 10 | $33,501,789 | 
| MM 5 | 22 | $99,251,057 | 
| MM 6 | 5 | $18,829,990 | 
| MM 7 | 4 | $15,644,019 | 
| Total | 52 | $250,000,000 |