Funding to improve job opportunities and employment services in remote regions

Overview

A grant through this program can pay for:

• an employee’s wages, up to the relevant award or minimum wage rate (whichever is applicable), plus relevant conditions, such as superannuation and leave
• equipment, infrastructure, capacity building, on-costs and overheads (e.g. uniforms, a shed, on-the-job training, insurances or operating expenses).

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, organisations must operate or intend to operate in a remote employment service (RES) region, currently known as Community Development Program (CDP) regions