The Queensland Government is seeking applications for Responding to COVID-19 in the sexual, domestic, and family violence sectors grants program.

The Queensland Government’s Responding to COVID-19 in the sexual, domestic and family violence sectors grants program offers one-off grants to support domestic and family violence (DFV) services to respond to the challenges and additional complexities posed by COVID-19 and assist services to:

• adapt the delivery of services, for example by making service adjustments or modifications to respond to changing client needs or social distancing requirements
• expand service delivery, for example by increasing capacity to deliver more services to more clients
• introduce new services, in accordance with demand arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding Information

• Grants of between $50,000 to $150,000 are available to each eligible applicant.
• Up to $2 million in total is available

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

• be a not for profit, legal entity OR
• be a local government entity OR
• have an auspice agreement with any of the above entities.

Additionally, applicants must:

• have current Public Liability Insurance AND
• have no outstanding financial accountability, service delivery or performance issues for funding provided by the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (the Department) AND
• be established in Queensland and be currently operational in Queensland.

Initiatives must:

• be completed by 31 December 2021 AND
• be delivered in Queensland AND
• support the purpose of this grant program.

For more information, visit The State of Queensland.