Early Interventions Grants – Australia

Deadline: 12-Apr-23

The Northern Territory of Australia is now accepting applications for its Early Interventions Grants.

Streams

• The Early Intervention Grants program has two streams:
  • Stream One: Early intervention with young people starting to use DFSV – Pilot
    • The early intervention with young people starting to use DFSV – pilot is targeted at young people (or adolescents) aged 11-17 who are starting to use violence within a DFV context, including in intimate partner relationships, in recognition of a service gap for this cohort. This refers to situations where adolescents use violence and/or sexually abusive behaviours in the home, and/or in intimate partner relationships
  • Stream Two: Early intervention innovative partnership grants
    • The early interventions innovative partnership grants funding will be provided to fund projects or activities that deliver early interventions in a partnership approach to support people at risk of experiencing or committing DFSV.

Funding Information

Stream One

• Three grants of up to $333,000 (GST exclusive) per year for four years are available (total up to $1.333 million per grant over the grant period).
• The grant period is for 48 months, from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2027

Stream Two

• Four grants of up to $253,125 per year (GST exclusive) for two years are available (total up to $506,250 per grant over the grant period). Funding is non-recurrent.
• The grant period is for 24 months, from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025.

What can’t be funded

• Grant funding cannot support:
  • any project of a political party nature;
  • any project of a commercial or business nature;
  • set-up or running costs of a business, purchase of capital equipment (including hardware or software);
  • retrospective funding for projects, functions, services that have already started or have been completed or items that have already been provided or previously purchased;
  • projects by organisations established for profit or financial gain or increased membership;
  • projects that duplicate existing services available to the community;
  • deficit budgets;
  • real estate purchases;
  • the purchase or development of any infrastructure;
  • unreasonable management or administration fees of the organisation; and
  • other items that the panel assesses as not meeting the aims/objectives of the funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to apply for an Early Interventions Grant, applicants must be operating in the Northern Territory and be either:
  • a not-for-profit or charitable organisation as defined by the Australian Charities and Not-forprofit Commission (ACNC);
  • an incorporated association;
  • an Indigenous Corporation as listed on the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC); or
  • a Northern Territory local government authority.
• Organisations based and operating in the Northern Territory are able to partner with other organisations or individuals that may or may not operate within the Northern Territory.

For more information, visit Northern Territory of Australia.