Paid Employment Pathways Package - WorkFoundations

Published on 27 January 2025

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The Australian Government is inviting applications via an open competitive process, from 14 January 2025 to 11 February 2025, to apply to deliver services under the Program 1.1 Employment Services – Paid Employment Pathways Package – WorkFoundations.

The WorkFoundations grant opportunity aims to fund social enterprises and businesses who can provide tailored, paid employment placements with integrated wrap around services for job seekers facing challenging barriers to employment.

This 2 year grant opportunity will fund paid employment pathways specifically designed to assist eligible job seekers who are not yet competitive in the open labour market and need additional services to enter (or re-enter) the workforce.

The objective of the WorkFoundations grant opportunity is to fund activities that:

Assist job seekers with complex vocational and/or non-vocational barriers to build their work readiness in a nurturing work environment with tailored wrap around services to address their barriers to employment, while gaining real life experience in jobs that suit their skills, interests and needs and earning real wages.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply for a grant, you must be one of the following entity types:

Company
Cooperative
Incorporated Association
Indigenous Corporation
Partnership
Person
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.

For additional eligibility requirements refer to section 4.2 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Grant Activity Timeframe

Assessment of applications - March 2025
Approval of outcomes of selection process - Mid April 2025
Notification to applicants - Early May 2025
Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Late June 2025
Earliest start date of grant activity - July 2025
End date of grant activity - 30 June 2027

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 AEDT on 11 February 2025.

Other Instructions

Please use:

Paid Employment Pathways - WorkFoundations - Questions and Answers - version 2.

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