Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants are available to assist directly impacted non profit organisations with the costs of clean-up and reinstatement.

Grants of up to $50,000 are available for affected non-profit organisations following Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 - 28 December 2023 to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, repair or replace damaged infrastructure or goods and other costs associated with the recovery process. Organisations should take photographs of the direct damage to accompany their application/s.

Applicants need to show they are an eligible non-profit organisation, within the declared disaster area and demonstrate they have suffered direct impact from the disaster. Read below and the guidelines for more information.

The maximum grant amount available is $50,000 and can be accessed through the following:

• Initial application/s up to the total amount of $10,000 is available to support an initial claim. Evidence of the direct damage is required such as photographs and quotations, tax invoices or official receipts.
• Subsequent application/s up to the total amount of $40,000 is available to support subsequent claims for which full evidence of payment is required.

Complete applications are assessed in order of receipt and QRIDA may request further information to help assess an application.

Eligible clean-up, reinstatement activities and emergency measures include:

• Equipment and materials to undertake clean-up
• Additional labour costs (above and beyond normal wage expenditure i.e. day-to-day staffing)
• Disposing of damaged goods and stock, including associated costs
• Repairs to buildings (other than housing)
• Purchase or hire/ lease costs for equipment essential to the immediate resumption of the business
• Payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections
• Essential repairs to premises and internal fittings that are not covered by insurance
• Replacement of lost or damaged stock if the replacement is essential for immediately resuming operations
• Leasing temporary premises for the purpose of resuming operation

Am I eligible?

To be eligible for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant, you as the applicant must:

• be a non-profit organisation
• have a non-profit organisation located in the defined area for the eligible disaster and have suffered direct damage as a result of the eligible disaster
• have been engaged in carrying on the non-profit organisation when affected by the eligible disaster
• be primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application
• be unable to repair or replace assets directly damaged as a result of the eligible disaster from the applicant’s own resources without assistance under the scheme; and
• intend to re-establish the organisation in the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster.

An applicant may also be eligible for an Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant if both of the following apply:

• The non-profit organisation is located outside the defined disaster area for the eligible disaster but carried on at least sometimes on a regular basis in the area.
• Plant or equipment of the non-profit organisation situated in the defined disaster area has been damaged as a result of the eligible disaster.

Defined disaster areas

The Minister for Fire and Emergency Services has activated disaster assistance for Tropical Cyclone Jasper, associated rainfall and flooding, 13 - 28 December 2023.

To be eligible for assistance your property must be located in one of the defined disaster areas:

• Cairns Regional Council
• Cassowary Coast Regional Council
• Cook Shire Council
• Douglas Shire Council
• Mareeba Shire Council
• Tablelands Regional Council
• Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
• Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

• Phone: 1800 623 946
• Email: contact_us@qrida.qld.gov.au
• Website: https://www.qrida.qld.gov.au/contact-us