Redress Support Services
The Australian Government is inviting organisations in an open process to apply to deliver services under Outcome 2, Program 2.1: Families and Communities for the Redress Support Services (RSS) component, from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2024.
RSS play a critical role in providing emotional and practical support for people affected by institutional child sexual abuse to complete an application and interact with the National Redress Scheme (the Scheme).
Practical support includes providing information about the Scheme, assisting people to complete the Scheme’s application form, and supporting people to access other appropriate services such as legal and financial counselling or other community services.
Emotional support includes providing counselling, case management, professional supervision and similar arrangements to provide people with a safe environment to engage with the Scheme.
RSS can play a key role in managing people’s expectations about the Scheme by providing clear information about what the Scheme is, how it can be accessed and what a person can reasonably expect through the process of applying and potentially accepting an offer of redress.
More information
More information about the Redress Support Services program, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the following grant opportunity documents:
- Grant Opportunity Guidelines
- Questions and Answers
- Sample Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement
- Sample Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement Standard Grant Conditions
- Sample Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement Supplementary Provisions
- Independence Assurance Management Strategy Template
- Translating and Interpreting Services costing tool
To assist with selecting your coverage area in the application form, information on Statistical Areas can be found on the Community Grants Hub website.
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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 (option 1) or email support@communitygrants.gov.au.
More information about the Community Grants Hub can be found on the Community Grants Hub website.
Please quote 2021-5192 – Redress Support Services when you phone or email the Community Grants Hub.