TThe Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP) provides grants to build, extend, or upgrade aged care services or to build staff accommodation where older Australians have limited or no access.

The program aims to maintain or increase access to quality aged care services in thin market settings for people:

• from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• living in regional, rural, and remote areas
• who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless
• with other complex and diverse needs, including dementia.
• metropolitan areas (MM1) for projects specifically targeting care to First Nations people.

Organisations can apply for ACCAP grants to support aged care infrastructure projects, such as:

• new builds, extensions and upgrades
• maintenance and efficiency upgrades
• safety and amenity improvements
• construction or upgrade of multi-use spaces
• provision of staff accommodation

Applications can only be accepted from organisations that are:

• approved as a provider of aged care in respect of residential care and/or flexible care services under the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.

To be eligible you must 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.

• Email: Grant.ATM@Health.gov.au