GO8649: LGBTIQA+ Health Program – Round 2

The LGBTIQA+ Health Program (LHP) is administered by LGBTIQ+ Health Australia on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

The LHP contributes to delivery of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035 (National Action Plan) in line with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 (CGRPs).

Organisations with specialist expertise in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing are invited to apply for one-off competitive grants to support new and existing initiatives at the local, regional and national level that will foster access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive health care.

The Australian Government has allocated a total of $11.9 million until the 2027-2028 financial year (inclusive) for the LHP. $8.1 million was committed to projects funded in the first round of the LHP.

This is the final, planned substantive LHP grant round.

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) is the first point of contact for the LGBTIQA+ Health Program.

All supporting documents related to this Grant Opportunity are available on the LHA website.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.

Applicants must not have received LGBTIQA+ Health Program Round 1 funding as a lead applicant.

The application must be on behalf of an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing organisation; a partnership between an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing organisation and another health and wellbeing organisation that demonstrates shared resourcing and decision-making; or a generalist organisation that has delivered a service exclusively intended to improve the health or wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people at some point from July 2023 to the application date.

The proposed program must address one or more actions under Focus Area 2 or 3 of the National Action Plan.

Applicants must be, or be auspiced by, a non-government organisation registered with the ACNC, with an ABN, GST registration, an account with an Australian financial institution, legal capacity to enter a binding agreement, suitable current public liability insurance, a governing body, financial controls including authorised expenditure signatories, and conflict-of-interest and complaints processes appropriate to their size.

Stream 1 applicants must have average annual revenue of less than $2 million over the previous three years; Stream 2 applicants must have average annual revenue of $2 million or more over the previous three years.

Partnerships must provide evidence of the partnership, and generalist organisations must provide one support letter from an LGBTIQA+ organisation.

Organisations may submit or participate in a maximum of one application per stream.