GO8002: Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations – Delivery Grant Opportunity - Round 3

The SEE Program includes two distinct but complementary streams to support LLND skills training in metropolitan, regional, and remote areas: • Stream 1: LLND skills training delivery to individuals by SEE providers, contracted by the department, including through place-based project delivery. • Stream 2: SEE First Nations - locally tailored, whole of community LLND skills training delivery to First Nations people through place-based grants.

SEE First Nations grants will fund First Nations organisations, including Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), registered training organisations (RTOs), Adult and Community Education (ACE) providers or peak bodies (applying on behalf of their eligible members).

SEE First Nations grants will fund projects that are designed to meet whole of community English LLND skills training needs of First Nations people.

Improving English LLND skills is a stepping stone to improving: • individual, family and community wellbeing, and • cultural and social outcomes.

SEE First Nations offers two different grant opportunities: Scoping Grants Small grants of up to $30,000 (excluding GST) to help eligible organisations to develop a Delivery Grant application.

Delivery Grants Grants to eligible organisations to deliver English LLND skills training to First Nations people across Australia.

The training is to be co-designed with the community/communities in which it will be delivered.

Delivery Grants will typically be for between $350,000 and $1,000,000 (excluding GST) per year over a 2 to 3 year period, for a single site, or up to $3,000,000 (excluding GST) per year for delivery at multiple sites.

This is the major component of SEE First Nations.

Applicants must be a legal entity of one of the eligible organisation types: an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) as defined by Clause 44 of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, a First Nations ACE provider (not-for-profit), a First Nations RTO, or a First Nations community organisation peak body applying on behalf of eligible member(s).

Applicants must have the legal capacity to enter into a grant agreement and be affiliated with the community/communities on whose behalf they apply (or partner with an organisation that is).

Peak bodies applying on behalf of members must ensure the member organisation also meets eligibility criteria.

If the applicant will deliver training via a training partner, the training organisation must be an RTO and/or an ACE provider, have appropriate trainer and assessor qualifications and experience delivering culturally safe LLND training to First Nations people, and be endorsed or invited by the community.

RTOs used must maintain registration with ASQA, VRQA or TAC for the life of the project.

Applicants seeking $400,000 (excl.

GST) or more must submit a Financial and Credentials Information form; applicants seeking less must submit a Credentials Information form.

All applicants must sign an Authorisation to undertake Credentials Assessment form.

Successful grant recipients and their subcontracted training partner (if applicable) must obtain RFFR accreditation within 9 months of the grant agreement start date.