CHSP Extended to 30 June 2029: What It Means for Providers
CHSP funding has been extended to 30 June 2029 under grant agreements. The government now says CHSP should remain a standalone program and is consulting on its long-term future. No replacement date has been set.
What has changed for CHSP providers?
The Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) has been extended to 30 June 2029. The extension was announced by the ministers on 20 August 2026, and the department's news item followed on 21 August. Previously CHSP was funded to 30 June 2027, with Support at Home to replace it no earlier than 1 July 2027. Sources: Department of Health, CHSP extended to 30 June 2029, ministerial release and CHSP extension page.
What stays the same to 30 June 2029
CHSP stays grant funded under extended agreements to 30 June 2029. Details of the 2027-29 agreements have not been published yet. Your CHSP funding continues under grant agreements. DEX reporting has been changing in stages, most recently on 11 August 2026. Source: CHSP reforms.
Reporting goes through the Data Exchange (DEX), monthly, as your grant agreement and the CHSP DEX guidance set out. Source: DEX toolkit, stage 2.
What is the long-term future of CHSP?
The government now says CHSP should remain a standalone program rather than being rolled into Support at Home, and is consulting on its long-term future, including how block funding continues and how contributions work. No replacement date has been set. Source: ministerial release.
CHSP is already under the new Act
CHSP has been under the Aged Care Act 2024 since 1 November 2025, alongside Support at Home. Source: CHSP reforms. CHSP is also not limited to the lighter services. It funds personal care and nursing as well as domestic assistance, meals, transport and home maintenance, so your obligations depend on what you deliver, not on the program name.
What to do with the extra time
- Keep CHSP and Support at Home separate on your books. If you deliver both, the funding, reporting and claiming are different. CHSP reports through DEX. Support at Home is claimed through the Aged Care Provider Portal. See the Support at Home claim deadline for how that side works.
- Get your records in order now. Whatever the funding model, you need to show who delivered what, when, with the right qualifications. That does not depend on the program.
Where Teiro fits
Teiro does not do DEX reporting. You will keep doing that where you do it today. What Teiro covers for a CHSP provider is the work behind the numbers: rostering your carers, keeping care records, medication and incident reporting. For organisations that also deliver Support at Home, Teiro writes the claim CSV for the Aged Care Provider Portal, imports the payment statement, produces monthly client statement PDFs and drafts contribution invoices. Both programs can run on the same roster. See Support at Home explained and aged care rostering.
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