Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation Program – Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21

Grant Category Services for People with Disabilities
Grant Status Closed
Delivered on behalf of the Department of Social Services
Selection process Open
State/Territory National
Closing Date/Time AEDT

PLEASE NOTE: Updates have been made to the documentation for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation Program – Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21.

Eligible Entity Types

Statutory Entities

The Grant Opportunity Guidelines (section 4.1) have been updated to include 'Statutory Entity' as an eligible entity type. For further information on how to apply as a Statutory Entity, please refer to the updated Questions and Answers in the grant opportunity documentation.

Trustee on behalf of a Trust

The Grant Opportunity Guidelines (section 4.2) have been updated to remove 'Trustee on behalf of a Trust' as an ineligible entity type.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, you are eligible to apply for this grant opportunity if you are one of the legal entities as listed in section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Clarification on Assessment Criterion 1 (section 6) of the Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21

The Grant Opportunity Guidelines indicated a 6,000 character (approx. 900 word) limit for Assessment Criterion 1. The guidelines have been changed to match the application form, which will restrict your response to 3,000 characters (approx. 450 words).

For further information on these updates, please refer to the Questions and Answers in the grant opportunity documentation on GrantConnect and the Community Grants Hub website.

Before applying for this grant opportunity, review and consider all the grant opportunity documentation.

If you would like assistance, please call the Community Grants Hub Hotline on 1800 020 283 (option 1) or email support@communitygrants.gov.au.

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an open competitive grant process to apply to deliver services under the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program’s Economic Participation (EP) grant opportunity 2020-21.

The aim of the EP grant opportunity is to improve the economic participation of people with disability, particularly in light of the impact of COVID-19.

The expected outcomes for the EP grant opportunity are:

  • People with disability will have improved job readiness, employment related skills and knowledge (whether industry specific or generalist).
  • People with disability and other stakeholders will have increased access to employer groups and employment support networks.
  • Increased willingness and capability of employers and organisations to employ people with disability.

More information

More information about the Economic Participation grant opportunity, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the following grant opportunity documents:

  • Grant Opportunity Guidelines
  • Easy Read Grant Opportunity Guidelines
  • Questions and Answers
  • Sample Commonwealth Simple Grant Agreement
  • Sample Commonwealth Simple Grant Supplementary Terms
  • Application Form Guide
  • Easy Read Application Form Guide

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Other future grant opportunities are published on GrantConnect, the Australian Government grants information system.

Contacting the Community Grants Hub

If you would like assistance, please call the Community Grants Hub Hotline on 1800 020 283 or email support@communitygrants.gov.au.

More information about the Community Grants Hub can be found on the Community Grants Hub website.

Please quote 2019-3646 – Information, Linkages and Capacity Building – Economic Participation grant opportunity when you phone or email the Community Grants Hub.