The NDIA recently opened grant applications for Individual Capacity Building funding. This is the first of three ILC programs that will open in August and September, with forthcoming programs for mainstream capacity building and economic participation. See below for our summary of the grant program.
Grants for:
- Disabled Peoples Organisations/ Families Organisations (DPO/FOs)
- Priority Cohort Led (PCL) Organisations
Opening date: 19 August 2019 Closing date: 30 September 2019 11pm
Outcomes for people with disabilities to:
- increase the skills and confidence to participate in and contribute to the community and protect their rights.
- feel motivated, confident and empowered to act.
- increase participation in and contribution to community activities.
1. Disabled Peoples Organisations/Families Organisations (DPO/FOs)
DPO/FOs are organisations run by or for people with disabilities and/or their families. For organisations with paid staff and a board, the participation of people with disability and/or their families as board or staff members (or both) must be at least 50%. If the organisation has no paid staff, at least 50% of the organisation’s volunteers must be people with disabilities and/or their families. The DPO/FOs must actively demonstrate their commitment to the social model of disability which seeks to remove barriers to access mainstream services and live an ordinary life. Total funding available: $80 Million (excl. GST)
Activity:
Individual Capacity Building (ICB)
- activities that guide the capacity of people with disability by ensuring they have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to set and achieve their goals.
- for the primary and direct benefit for people with disability, and developed and delivered in collaboration with people with disability.
- ICB activity maximum funding: $600,000 per year up to three years (total of $1.8 m)
Organisational Capacity Building (OCB)
DPO/FOS who apply for Individual Capacity Building (ICB) activities can in addition apply for Organisational Capacity Building (OCB) activities.
- OCB activity maximum funding: $50,000 per year up three years to (total of $150,000)
- Smaller organisations can alternatively apply for small grants up to $30,000 per year (GST excl.) for up to three years by using a simplified process (without the requirement to demonstrate the capability of the organisation). The grant can be used for ICB activities only or for a combination of ICB and OCB. The total of $90,000 for the grant life cannot be exceeded.
2. Priority Cohort Led (PCL) Organisations
a) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities or organisations, who must be registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporation (ORIC) b) Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities c) LGBTIQA+ Total funding available: $20 Million (excl. GST)
Activity:
Individual Capacity Building (ICB)
- activities that guide the capacity of people with disability by ensuring they have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to set and achieve their goals.
- for the primary and direct benefit for people with disability and developed and delivered in collaboration with people with disability.
- ICB activity maximum funding: $600,000 per year up to three years (total of $1.8m)
Smaller organisations can alternatively apply for small grants up to $30,000 per year (GST excl) for up to three years using a simplified process (without the requirement to demonstrate the capability of the organisation). The grant can be used for ICB activities only. The total of $90,000 for the grant life cannot be exceeded.
What activities can be funded?
Individual Capacity Building
- Peer led support groups for people with disability
- Peer led support groups for parents, carers and siblings of people with disability
- Capacity building activities that enable people to speak for themselves
- Leadership and professional development activities (individual or group based)
- Other activities to develop the capacity of individuals with disability
- Scaling or extending previously ILC funded individual capacity building activities
Organisational Capacity Building
Only DPO/FOs can apply for three of the following activities, in addition to their Individual Capacity Building activities:
- Upskilling, training or developing existing or potential staff, volunteers, board members
- Developing and delivering strategies and activities to strengthen the involvement of people with disabilities and/or families and careers
- Developing and delivering strategies and activities to support knowledge and skill transfer between board members
- Establishing and maintaining partnerships to collaborate with other organisations
- Improving organisational systems or processes to deliver organisation efficiencies
- Strengthening the quality of organisational activities
- Strategies to upskill the organisation
- Developing organisational strategy
- Scoping and developing a business case for revenue generating services that lead towards financial independence
Grants up to $90,000 over total grant period. Projects are likely based in local communities and provide support for
- existing peer led groups for the costs associated with running the group
- small scale projects or pilot projects that contribute to building the capacity of people with disability in the community
- capacity building of a place-based community or community of interest, while also strengthening the infrastructure of the group.
Applicants who are currently receiving ILC funding through a previous ILC grant round may apply under this grant, however they cannot apply for funding that duplicates activities or projects that have already received ILC funding to deliver. Applicants can submit a maximum of two applications under this grant round when they apply once in their own right and the second application as the lead of a consortium. Acting as an auspicor does not count towards the number of applications that an organisation is eligible to submit. The detailed grant requirements are outlined in the Individual Capacity Building (ICB) Program Grant Opportunity 2019-2020 here.
