The Australian Government is inviting applicants via a restricted competitive process to apply to deliver services under the Grants for Services Responding to Child Sexual Abuse and Children who have Displayed Harmful Sexual Behaviours Program from 2025–26 to 2027–28.
The purpose of the grant opportunity is to increase existing specialist and community support services’ capacity and capability to deliver better practice, trauma-informed, culturally safe, evidence and knowledge based services to support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, and children who have displayed concerning or harmful sexual behaviours.
The grants are intended to be accessed by services aimed at delivering early intervention, response, healing and recovery to stop the intergenerational cycle of violence.
We can only accept applications from applicants who, at the time of submitting an application or within 12 months prior, delivered services to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and/or children who have displayed concerning or harmful sexual behaviours.
The objectives of the grant opportunity are:
- To expand the capacity of services responding to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse
- To expand the capacity of services responding to children (up to age 18) who have displayed concerning or harmful sexual behaviours
- To enhance the capability of these services by supporting greater alignment with frameworks, standards and knowledge relating to better practice supporting victims and survivors and children who have displayed concerning or harmful sexual behaviours.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Sole Trader
- Statutory Entity.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.
Further information on entity types is available on the Community Grants Hub webpage.
Applications from consortia are acceptable, as long as you have a lead applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above.
Grant Activity Timeframe:
- Assessment of applications - Within 6 weeks from the closing date
- Approval of outcomes of selection process - Within 13 weeks from the closing date
- Notification to applicants - Within 14 weeks from the closing date
- Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Within 20 weeks from the closing date
- Earliest start date of grant activity - December 2025
- End date of grant activity - 30 June 2028.
Instructions for Application Submission:
To apply, you must:
- Complete the online application form on GrantConnect
- Provide all the information requested
- Address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
- Include all necessary attachments
- Submit your application to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEST on 28 July 2025.
