Latest Update – February 2024
Status: Invest phase
Applications for the Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses Services - 2023 Grant Opportunity have now closed
The Grant Opportunity closed on 4pm 19 December.
Thank you to all the organisations that have participated in the process. The next steps and timeframes for this Grant Opportunity are included below.
Grant application process | Indicative timeframes |
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Assessment of applications | 19 December 2023 – mid January 2024 |
Delegate approval of outcomes of selection process | March 2024 |
Notification of preferred and non-preferred respondents | March 2024 |
Commencement of three-month transition-out period for non-preferred respondents | Same as the date of notification to non-preferred respondents |
Negotiations with preferred respondents and award of new grant agreements | March – April 2024 |
Formal notification to unsuccessful respondents | April 2024 |
Transition-out period expires | Early June 2024 |
Earliest start date of grant activity | 1 May 2024 |
A full list of the successful grant recipients will be published on this website upon finalisation and execution of deeds of grant with successful grant recipients, anticipated for April 2024.
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Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses Services - 2023 Grant Opportunity
This Grant Opportunity will provide $2.885 million (GST exclusive) in funding annually over seven years (from 1 May 2024) to eligible Non-Government Organisations, for services, projects or programs that aim to reduce and prevent the transmission and minimise the impacts of STIs and BBVs in the broader Canberra community. Funding is available across six streams:
- Clinical services
- Prevention and harm reduction
- Support and advocacy
- Health promotion and education
- Community development and engagement
- Workforce training & development and clinical practice support
Commissioning engagement and collaboration activities
The goal of Commissioning in the STIBBV Subsector is for ACTHD, in collaboration with ACTHD funded STIBBV services, to collaboratively design a STIBBV service system which meets the evolving needs of the ACT community. The ACTHD seeks to design a service system which is appropriate, equitable, accessible, and affordable for all individuals, with a particular focus on priority populations as identified in the Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infections ACT Statement of Priorities 2016-2020 (Statement of Priorities) Please note that the next iteration of the Statement of Priorities was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and is scheduled for publication in 2024 to align timing with the refresh of the overarching STI/BBV National Strategies.
Please click on each of the phases below to learn more about projected, scheduled and completed activities, and to access key output documents.
Discover
The Discover phase is about understanding the challenges, issues, and gaps within and across the sector, and exploring opportunities for innovation. In the Discover phase, we consider and articulate our intentions of Commissioning.
Strategise
The Strategise phase builds on the work undertaken in the Discover phase and provides an opportunity to consolidate a wide range of data and information through a Needs Assessment. In the Strategise phase, we work with sector partners and people with a Lived Experience to validate the needs of the community, better understand service provision, identify service gaps and duplication, and consider what service and community outcomes are possible through Commissioning.
| Activity | Stakeholders/Participants | Date | Output Documents |
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Completed | - Community Engagement activities/Lived Experience data collection.
- Development of a Health Needs Assessment
- Release of final version of Health Needs Analysis
| - ACT Health Directorate
- External consultant
- People with a Lived Experience
- Consumers and service users
- NGO service providers
- CHS service providers
- Private service providers (GPs etc)
- Academic Institutions
| June-August 2022 February 2022-August 2023 | STIBBV Consumer Consultation Listening Report - September 2022 [PDF 2MB] Needs Analysis [PDF 1.4MB] [Word 1.6MB] |
Design
The Design phase is where essential collaboration between commissioner, sector partners, service providers and other stakeholders takes place. The Design phase enables us to examine, shape and involved services, and align key service models and characteristics with desired health and wellbeing outcomes for the community.
Invest
The Invest phase provides an opportunity to define our approach to market and investing in health services which meet the needs of the ACT community, in accordance with the Territory’s Value for Money Considerations.
| Activity | Stakeholders/Participants | Date | Output Documents |
|---|
Completed | Release of Strategic Investment Plan | - ACT Health Directorate
- NGO service providers
- Canberra Health Services (CHS)
- Industry peaks
- Other industry/sector stakeholders
| September - October 2023 | Final Strategic Investment Plan [PDF 1.6MB] [Word 285KB] |
Current | Variations to existing service funding agreements to new end dates | - Existing STIBBV NGO contractors
| November 2023 | Contract variations |
Current | Approach to Market/ Grants process | - ACT Health Directorate
- NGO service providers
- Industry peaks
- Other industry/sector stakeholders
| 7 November 2023 | Grant guidelines [PDF 723 KB] [Word 4 MB] |
Completed | Industry Briefing | - ACT Health Directorate
- NGO service providers
- Industry peaks
- Other industry/sector stakeholders
| 15 November 2023 | Online Briefing (details available soon) |
Deliver
The Deliver phase is all about delivering high quality health services, monitoring the reach and impact of health services and drawing on lessons learned to inform future Commissioning cycles.
| Activity | Stakeholders/Participants | Date | Output Documents |
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Completed | | | | |
Scheduled | | | | |
Projected *Indicative only and may be subject to change | | | | |
Integrate
The Integrate phase is about integrating the knowledge and experience gained from previous commissioning cycles into future commissioning cycles as part of a quality improvement and continuous system reform approach.
| Activity | Stakeholders/Participants | Date | Output Documents |
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Completed | | | | |
Scheduled | | | | |
Projected *Indicative only and may be subject to change | | | | |
Contact us
The STIBBV policy unit seeks input from all stakeholders, including service providers, service users, consumers, community members, peak bodies, and academic agencies as an ongoing process through to January 2024. If you wish to be involved in commissioning in the STIBBV subsector specifically, please do not hesitate to contact STIBBV policy at SHBBVpolicy@act.gov.au.
We are looking forward to partnering with you to provide meaningful outcomes for our community and hope to see you at one of our upcoming online discussions.
Page updated: 01 Mar 2024
