Market Adjustment Program

# 🏥 Market Adjustment Program (MAP) - Aged Care Provider Support The **Market Adjustment Program (MAP)**, issued by the **Department of Health, Disability and Ageing**, provides crucial financial and operational support to **residential aged care providers** and **Support at Home providers** facing financial viability concerns or critical failure. This **non-competitive, invitation-only grant opportunity** aims to safeguard the continuity of care for recipients and prevent disorderly service closures or financial distress. The program extends support to eligible providers across Australia, including **National Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) residential providers** and **local government residential providers**. ## 🎯 Program Objectives MAP seeks to reduce risks to care recipient safety by: * Avoiding premature aged care provider closures. * Supporting orderly exits, service consolidation, or provider consolidation. * Funding initiatives to improve business capability and reduce the likelihood of deteriorating performance. ## 🚀 Funding Streams & Eligibility Funding is allocated through three streams, determined by the Department on a case-by-case basis after assessing a provider's risk profile and value for money: * **Stream 1: Improvement of Business Operations** * **Stream 2: Sale or Closure** * **Stream 3: Critical Failure** **Eligibility is by invitation only.** To be considered, applicants must be a registered residential aged care or Support at Home provider that: * Has received an invitation to apply for a *specific stream* from the Department. * Has been identified as a provider at risk by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and/or the Department following a financial assessment. * Operates residential aged care facilities in Australia (Streams 1, 2, 3), or is a Support at Home provider (Streams 2 & 3 only). ## 📝 Application Process & Funding Applicants must submit the completed online application form and all necessary attachments via the link provided in their invitation email. **Note:** Attachments are limited to 2MB per file; multiple documents should be scanned into a single file, and compressed/zip files are not accepted. Unique file names without foreign characters are required. **Total Available Funding:** **$31,000,000** **Keywords:** Aged Care, Residential Aged Care, Home Care, Support at Home, Financial Viability, Provider Support, Business Improvement, Service Continuity, Critical Failure, Government Grant, Australia, Health Care Funding.