Leave payment grants for eligible residential and home care providers

Reimbursement grant payments are available for eligible residential and home care providers, to support aged care workers to stay home if positive for COVID-19.

Overview

This initiative is designed to support aged care workers to stay home when they test positive for COVID-19.

From 1 July 2023, Australian government funded aged care providers and home care package providers can apply for new aged care worker COVID-19 leave payment grants of up to $750 per person per week.

These grants are available to:

• reimburse providers for leave paid to directly employed permanent or casual aged care workers
• cover employees who cannot work due to COVID-19 and have no other access to leave payments.

An eligible provider can claim a payment once every 3 months for each eligible worker they have paid, where there is no personal leave available.

Check if you can apply

Providers of Australian government funded residential aged care and approved home care packages can apply for these grants, for permanent and casual aged care workers.

Providers cannot claim these grants for labour hire staff.