Latest Update – March 2024
Status: Invest phase
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) commissioning Grant Opportunities opened 30 January 2024.
If you are an NGO, these grants give you the opportunity to provide services or programs that aim to enhance the alcohol, tobacco and other drugs treatment, support and harm reduction services in the ACT, and reduce the harms experienced by people and their families.
Grant Opportunities
- Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services supporting dependents of people attending high intensity ATOD services. Applications for this grant closed on 15 March 2024.
- Grant applications are now being assessed. It is anticipated that preferred and non-preferred grant respondents will be notified in early May 2024.
- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Treatment, Support and Harm Reduction Core Services (Core services) open grant. Applications for this grant closed on 22 March 2024.
- Grant applications are now being assessed. It is anticipated that preferred and non-preferred grant respondents will be notified by early June 2024.
Further information
If you have questions relating to the ATOD commissioning invest phase or commissioning more generally, please contact HealthCommissioning@act.gov.au.
Background
ACT Health has been working with health and community NGOs, people with lived and living experience, and other stakeholders to design the ATOD NGO treatment, support and harm reduction sector and contract arrangements funded by ACT Health using the ACT whole of government commissioning approach. Opportunities arising from the commissioning process will balance innovation and adaptation to contemporary needs, with sector stability and continuity of care for service users.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Treatment, Support and Harm Reduction Services – Grant Opportunities 2024
Grant opportunity 1 - Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services
Grant opportunity closed 15 March 2024
The ECEC services grant opportunity aims to support children of people attending high intensity ATOD services. This opportunity will provide up to $280,000 (GST exclusive) in funding annually over 7 to 10 years (from August 2024).
It is anticipated that preferred and non-preferred grant respondents will be notified early May 2024.
Grant opportunity 2 - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Treatment, Support and Harm Reduction Core services
The Core services grant aims to support the provision of services or programs that offer ATOD treatment and/or support and harm reduction services in the ACT, and reduce harms experienced by people and their families. This opportunity will provide up to $16.3 million (GST exclusive) in funding annually over 7 to 10 years (from August 2024).
Commissioning engagement and collaboration activities
Discover
ATOD commissioning commenced prior to the discover phase coming into effect and is not applicable to the current ATOD commissioning cycle.
Strategise
The Strategise phase provides an opportunity to consolidate a wide range of data and information through a Needs Assessment. In the Strategise phase, we work with sector partners and people with a Lived Experience to validate the needs of the community, better understand service provision, identify service gaps and duplication, and consider what service and community outcomes are possible through Commissioning.
Design
The Design phase is where essential collaboration between commissioner, sector partners, service providers and other stakeholders takes place. The Design phase enables us to examine, shape and involved services, and align key service models and characteristics with desired health and wellbeing outcomes for the community.
Invest
The Invest phase provides an opportunity to define our approach to market and investing in health services which meet the needs of the ACT community, in accordance with the Territory’s Value for Money Considerations.
| Activity | Stakeholder/Participant | Date | Output |
|---|
Completed | Release of draft Strategic Investment Plan for Stakeholder Review | - NGO service providers
- People with lived and living experience
- CHS service providers
- ACT Government
- Associations representing private service providers (GPs etc)
- Academic Institutions
| August 2023 | |
Completed | Finalisation of service specifications and outcomes framework based on engagement findings and evidence-base. | - ATOD Policy
- ACTHD Strategic Commissioning
- Community Services Contracts and Grants Unit
- ACT government commissioners
| July – October 2023 | Internal |
Completed | Release of final Strategic Investment Plan | | November 2023 | Final Strategic Investment Plan [PDF 686KB] [Word 402KB] |
Completed | Variations to existing service funding agreements to new end dates | - Existing ATOD NGO contractors
| November 2023 | Contract variations |
| Current | Approach to Market (not including nicotine cessation phoneline) | | 30 January 2024 | Grant applications |
Scheduled | Approach to Market - nicotine cessation phoneline | | During 2024/25 financial year (date TBC) | Grant applications |
Deliver
The Deliver phase is all about delivering high quality health services, monitoring the reach and impact of health services and drawing on lessons learned to inform future Commissioning cycles.
Integrate
The Integrate phase is about integrating the knowledge and experience gained from previous commissioning cycles into future commissioning cycles as part of a quality improvement and continuous system reform approach.
How to get involved
You can get involved in the ATOD commissioning cycle by:
- Subscribing to the Commissioning Conversations Newsletter and catching up on previous editions
- Sharing your experience participating in the ATOD commissioning cycle
- Applying for funding through the ATOD commissioning grants process
To learn more about the ATOD commissioning cycle or to contribute please email your thoughts, ideas or questions to: ATODPolicy@act.gov.au
Page updated: 22 Mar 2024
