The records below use the same programme catalogue as the checker. Dates are evaluated when this page is requested, not treated as proof of live funder availability. Check the official source before applying. National records apply only to their specified organisations.
Grant programme · National programme
Commonwealth Capital Grants Program
Ongoing route — authority confirmation required
Applications follow the relevant Block Grant Authority cycle; this is not a continuously open direct Commonwealth form.
Official programme facts: Eligible non-government primary and secondary schools seek capital assistance through their Block Grant Authority. Financial need and the wider project are assessed.
SiteComms interpretation: A PA, paging or intercom component may warrant a question to the BGA when it belongs to eligible construction or refurbishment. A standalone equipment purchase is not assumed to fit.
Material conditions and next action
- The guidelines generally exclude equipment and IT unless associated with capital works or accepted special circumstances.
- Pre-primary facilities and projects solely undertaken by parents’ associations are not this programme’s ordinary scope.
- School eligibility, tenure, available resources, contributions and the BGA timetable still require assessment.
Next step: Contact the BGA for the school’s state and sector before contracting. Describe the complete capital project and ask whether each communications line is eligible.
Grant programme · National programme
ACCAP: targeted aged-care capital programme
Programme watchlist — no general open round established
This is a programme-level watch route. Prior rounds and local targeted opportunities must not be treated as a new open national round.
Official programme facts: ACCAP supports targeted aged-care infrastructure, including facilities serving rural/remote locations and people with specialised access needs. Availability is opportunity-specific.
SiteComms interpretation: Communications infrastructure may form part of an eligible wider facility project. The overview does not establish that a standalone paging, PA or nurse-call purchase will be funded.
Material conditions and next action
- Residential aged care and retirement villages are different; retirement-village operation alone does not establish access.
- Check the particular opportunity’s provider, location, project and expenditure conditions.
- No current award, provider endorsement or application invitation is implied.
Next step: Review the department’s current ACCAP opportunities and obtain programme advice before preparing a grant application.
Grant programme · National programme
ACCAP Critical Infrastructure Projects — invitation only
Invitation only — not open to unsolicited applications
The Critical Infrastructure opportunity is invitation-only. Its 30 June 2030 end date does not make it open to unsolicited applications.
Official programme facts: The department describes Critical Infrastructure Projects as a closed, non-competitive, invitation-only opportunity, with an end date of 30 June 2030.
SiteComms interpretation: An urgent aged-care communications failure is not itself an invitation or eligibility decision. An invited provider must have the department confirm the proposal and expenditure scope.
Material conditions and next action
- An existing invitation, required provider status and the specific grant documents must be checked.
- No inference is made that every urgent safety or maintenance request qualifies.
- Full opportunity conditions require departmental confirmation; this record relies on the official programme overview.
Next step: An invited provider should use its departmental contact. Without an invitation, seek programme advice rather than treating this as an open application.
Budget / project-approval route — not a grant
SA government-school budget and infrastructure planning
Ongoing route — authority confirmation required
A school/department planning starting point, not a verified open capital-grant programme.
Official programme facts: The department describes the site leader’s budget role and governing-council budget responsibilities, alongside longer-term public education infrastructure planning.
SiteComms interpretation: The practical first step is to identify departmental responsibility and the school’s permitted budget route for the actual communications project.
Material conditions and next action
- The public sources reviewed do not establish a dedicated school PA grant or current project-approval thresholds.
- A governing-council budget decision is not proof that every works or procurement approval has been obtained.
- School staff need the current departmental process; no private portal access was available in this review.
Next step: Ask the principal/business manager to confirm budget, asset responsibility and the department’s current facilities/procurement process before commitment.
Grant programme
SA Flying Start Infrastructure Grants
Ongoing route — authority confirmation required
The current programme webpage describes a rolling intake. Confirm current arrangements and project fit with the office.
Official programme facts: The programme supports eligible non-government early-childhood infrastructure that creates additional preschool places and meets the programme’s continuing service commitments.
SiteComms interpretation: Fixed communications infrastructure could be considered as one component of an eligible capacity-creating project. A standalone PA replacement without additional places is not the intended pathway.
Published programme terms, not an award: Guidelines describe a usual state contribution of up to 50% of eligible preschool-space project costs; some specified exceptional cases differ. Other spaces and ineligible costs need separate funding. This is not 50% back on a PA quote.
Material conditions and next action
- Eligible non-profit/council/non-government-school provider or landowner arrangements must be checked. Government preschools, for-profit services and family day care are outside the published scope.
- Additional approved places, need, service approval, tenure, co-contributions and long-term preschool commitments require assessment.
- General maintenance, no-capacity-gain projects and already-contracted works have restrictions.
- A programme funding percentage must not be applied automatically to an equipment quote.
Next step: Use the office’s pre-application advice to establish additional places, applicant/landowner arrangements, full capital scope and the proposed fixed communications costs.
Repayable loan — finance phase signpost
SA School and Preschool Loans — Round 4
Published round closed
Round 4 is closed. This is a repayable capital-loan signpost for the later finance phase, not an available grant.
Official programme facts: The published scheme provides capital loans for eligible non-government schools and qualifying not-for-profit early-childhood organisations.
SiteComms interpretation: A project would need to satisfy the scheme’s capital scope and loan terms; the checker makes no borrowing or affordability assessment.
Material conditions and next action
- No new loan round, interest rate, approval or repayment calculation is inferred.
- Authorised borrowing and the legal applicant need separate review.
- A closed capital-loan programme should not be promoted as a small standalone PA grant.
Next step: Monitor SAFA’s official page and seek authorised finance advice for any subsequent opportunity.
Grant programme
SA Julia Farr Disability Inclusion Grants — Round 1 2026–27
Within published application dates — recheck with funder
Published closing time: 16 October 2026, 1 pm South Australian time.
Official programme facts: The round supports eligible organisations’ disability inclusion and participation projects. Applicant and expenditure exclusions are substantial.
SiteComms interpretation: An accessible communication or wayfinding project may merit an item-specific discussion. A routine PA, telephone system, IT replacement or already-funded core service must not be relabelled as disability inclusion.
Published programme terms, not an award: Published tiers: up to A$20,000 over 12 months, or A$100,000 over 24 months. The tier ceiling is not an eligibility decision or predicted award.
Material conditions and next action
- Schools, universities and other educational institutions are excluded. Eligible incorporated non-profits, councils and qualifying certified social enterprises have further conditions.
- Gaming-machine organisations, routine/core phone and IT costs, and already-funded project top-ups are excluded.
- Project co-design, accessible participation, appropriate evidence and current supplier quotes matter. A SiteComms planning estimate is not a supplier quotation.
- The grant application belongs with DHS; no personal disability records are needed in this checker.
Next step: Check applicant exclusions first, then discuss the specific access outcome and cost items with DHS before preparing an application.
