Deadline: 4-Jun-25
The Department of Human Services is excited to launch its Youth Action Plan: Life Skills Grant Program to support local councils, Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations, not-for-profits and social enterprises working with young people in metropolitan and regional South Australia.
Objectives
- The SA Youth Action Plan – Life Skills grants are available to eligible organisations working directly with young people in metropolitan and regional South Australia to develop new initiatives, or enhance the reach or capacity of existing initiatives which teach young people how to:
- Navigate government services, for example to obtain a birth certificate, Medicare card, Tax File Number.
- Create a resume and prepare job applications and for interviews.
- Maintain a healthy lifestyle and understanding nutrition and the health impacts of diet choices.
- Develop a budget, manage and avoid debt, and other financial literacy skills.
- Other practical ‘life skills’, such as changing a tire, preparing meals, undertaking basic home maintenance.
- Support for delivery of Learners License driving programs for learners from the priority focus groups to gain on road driving experience.
Priorities
- The Department has three strategic priorities:
- Increasing inclusion, independence, and shared decision-making for all.
- Supporting their communities when it matters most.
- Delivering modern services for their communities.
- Funding is prioritised for projects that support young people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and other vulnerabilities and who may face additional barriers to accessing services such as:
- Young people at risk of homelessness.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
- Young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Young carers.
- Young people experiencing unemployment.
- Young people in contact or at risk of becoming in contact with the youth justice and/or the child protection systems.
- Young people from regional and/or remote SA.
- Young people with disability.
- Neurodivergent young people.
- LGBTIQA+ young people.
Funding Information
- Applications are now open for a total of $250,000 in grants to help young people build essential life skills and transition to adulthood.
- One-off grants of up to $15,000 are available for eligible organisations working directly with young people that are in metropolitan and regional South Australia, with a target of 50% of grants being provided to rural and regional SA.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply, organisations must be:
- A Council as described under the Local Government Act 1999 (SA), or
- An Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation (ACCO), or
- Not-for-profit organisation, or
- Social Enterprises
- Be currently operating within South Australia, and recipients of the program/service/initiative are residents of South Australia
- Be currently registered with a valid and eligible Australian Business Number (ABN)
- Have an Australian bank account in the name of the legal entity
- Agree to the terms and conditions of the grant agreement
- Work directly with young people.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Organisations must not:
- Have any outstanding contractual or financial obligations (acquittals, unpaid invoices) for any funded Department of Human Services projects/programs
- Have licensed gaming machines in their facilities or hold a gaming machine license
- Be educational institutions or related representative bodies (e.g., schools and/or their parent or student associations, universities, colleges)
- Be Government agencies (Commonwealth or State Departments).
For more information, visit Department of Human Services.