Aged care reforms
We are making changes to improve aged care in Australia for all, now and in the future. These changes will deliver safety, dignity and respect for older people across aged care.
The reforms will change in-home aged care, including the CHSP from 1 July 2025, through:
- a new Aged Care Act, which will start from 1 July 2025
- the Support at Home program, which will replace the Home Care Packages (HCP) Program and Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme on 1 July 2025, with the CHSP transitioning no earlier than 1 July 2027
- the Single Assessment System, which helps older people more easily access aged care and adapt services as their needs change.
Changes to the CHSP
The new Aged Care Act will:
- regulate CHSP providers the same way as other aged care programs
- standardise the CHSP service list which will mean new service type names and descriptions – we will align providers’ current contracted services to the new service list over the coming months.
We will implement changes gradually to help providers and clients prepare for the transition to Support at Home.
In the lead up to 1 July 2025, we will update providers about:
- the changes
- any actions they need to take
- upcoming consultations and information sessions.
For more information, see the CHSP 2025–27 service catalogue.
CHSP funding extension
The CHSP will be extended from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2027.
All existing contracted CHSP providers will be eligible to receive a new CHSP grant agreement with:
- an Activity Work Plan
- standard and supplementary terms and conditions outlining the services they are contracted to deliver from 1 July 2025.
More information about the extension will be available in the coming months.
Additional grants and rollover funding
The 2025–27 extension is not an opportunity to request additional funds.
Providers will not be allowed to roll over any unspent 2024–25 funds or any other funds related to their current grant agreement into 2025–27.
We are looking at additional funding opportunities for 2025–27. We will provide more information in the coming months.
CHSP manual 2025–27
The new CHSP manual 2025–27 will be available in the coming months and include further detail about the program changes.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) 2025–27 extension resources
Contact
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) funding extension contact
Commonwealth Home Support Programme contact