Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) 2025–27 extension resources
This collection provides guidance materials for CHSP providers for the 2025–27 extension.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) resources
Supports for Providers of Aged Care: Expertise Directory (SPACED) – Frequently asked questions
Fact sheet
This fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about the Supports for Providers of Aged Care: Expertise Directory (SPACED) tool.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) 2024–25 extension – Provider update
Fact sheet
This fact sheet outlines what existing CHSP providers need to know about the CHSP 2024–25 Funding Extension Grant Opportunity and other program updates.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) update for providers recording
Presentation
This webinar for Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers covers current and future program changes and funding opportunities. It also provides an update on the aged care reforms and what they mean for the CHSP.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) update for providers – Webinar presentation slides – 16 November 2023
Presentation
These presentation slides are for the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers webinar. It covered current and future program changes and funding opportunities. It also provided an update on the aged care reforms and what they mean for the CHSP.
Letter to CHSP providers – increase in award wages for aged care workers
Letter
This letter provides a Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) update for providers following the Fair Work Commission’s aged care wages determination. It includes answers to frequently asked questions about what the wage rise means for CHSP providers and aged care workers.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme 2023-24 – Specialised Support Services definition
Fact sheet
A new definition of Specialised Support Services (SSS) under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) will come into effect from 1 July 2023. This fact sheet outlines what SSS providers need to know about the changes.
Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Service Catalogue
Infographic
This chart shows the types of services provided as part of the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP).
CHSP provider fact sheet 2023–2024 extension
Fact sheet
Following the October Budget, the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) has been extended until 30 June 2024. This fact sheet outlines what providers need to know about the 2023-24 Extension and associated program changes.
Key findings – Financial report on the Australian aged care sector 2020–21
Infographic
A key findings infographic of the Financial Report on the Australian Aged Sector 2020–21. It includes analysis across residential aged care, home care, Commonwealth Home Support Programme, information access and residential care providers operational results.
CHSP sector support and development (SSD) provider webinar – 17 August 2022 – questions and answers
Fact sheet
This document includes answers to questions raised at the 17 August 2022 SSD provider webinar.
CHSP provider fact sheet – Award changes and financial supports
Fact sheet
This fact sheet explains changes to the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2020 (SCHADS Award) and its impact on the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP).
Budget 2022–23: Home care – supporting senior Australians to remain independent for longer
Fact sheet
A Budget 2022–23 fact sheet.
Sector Support and Development
Fact sheet
This document provides Sector Support and Development answers to questions that covers arrangements for the 2022-23 CHSP extension and the new Support at Home program from 1 July 2023.
Specialised Support Services
Fact sheet
This document provides Specialised Support Services answers to questions that covers arrangements for the 2022-23 CHSP extension and the new Support at Home program from 1 July 2023.
Questions and answers – Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) 2022-23 extension webinar – 17 November 2021
Fact sheet
This document includes answers to questions raised in the CHSP 2022-23 extension webinar which we held for CHSP providers.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) – Negotiations, transition support and MMM loading
Fact sheet
This fact sheet provided CHSP providers with details on negotiations, transition support and MMM loadings for the 2022–23 CHSP extension.
Review and development of a specialisation verification framework for My Aged Care – Final report
Report
This final report from Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) outlines the results of a review into selecting special needs specialisations within the My Aged Care system's Find a Provider tool. It also discusses developing a framework to verify specialisations and research on ways to do this.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) – Payment in Arrears and Unit Pricing – October update
Fact sheet
This fact sheet has been developed to provide CHSP providers with details on CHSP reforms and the administrative requirements for the 2022-23 CHSP Extension.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme – Extension Readiness Survey Results
Fact sheet
This fact sheet has been developed to provide CHSP providers with high level results from the CHSP 2022-23 Extension Readiness Survey.
Outcomes of the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) wellness and reablement report 2019–2020
Report
This report shows results of the 2019 and 2020 wellness and reablement report of Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) service providers from all states and territories.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) – Payment in arrears and unit pricing fact sheet
Fact sheet
This fact sheet has been developed to provide CHSP providers with information on future reforms, payment in arrears and unit prices.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme Data Study
Report
We engaged Deloitte Access Economics to conduct a data study of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) to better understand variations across the states, territories, markets and consumer groups. This report presents the highlights and main patterns from the data analysis.
Review of Sector Support and Development (SSD)
Report
The department engaged KPMG to do the Sector Support and Development (SSD) review. The review reports on the status and performance of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme SSD sub-program. This review will help inform future SSD policy development and care at home.
Change management plan step-by-step guide
Guideline
Designed as a practical tool to assist management teams to plan and undertake change activities within your organisation. It provides a process to systematically identify and capture change activities through a change management template and provides examples to help get started.
Organisational self-assessment tool
Guideline
The self-assessment provides an overview of the elements you need to adopt wellness and reablement in your organisation. It includes scoring to measure the levels of organisational readiness, helps to identify areas of focus or improvement, and enables a baseline to be developed for future progress.
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