SARC Component National Research Grants Year Total Amount $ provided 2021-22 $21,918,877 2022-23 $6,354,254 2018-19 $628,302 2019-20 $140,000 2020-21 $457,213 2021-22 $140,000 2022-23 Source: Australian Government | Grant Connect & Departmental websites Under Families and Communities funding, DSS also partners with Home Affairs to provide the MUSTER grants program, as well as the provision of peak bodies funding for settlement services peaks in their Refugee Humanitarian Settlement and Migrant Services stream. 4.5.6 Department of Education Similar to other federal departments, the majority of Department of Education grants programs focus on broader equity aims than anti-racism. For example, Connected Beginnings, a joint program with the Department of Health, is a place-based initiative working with local First Nations communities to support integration of early childhood, maternal and child health, and family support services with schools in communities experiencing disadvantage so that children are well prepared for school. The Innovative Solutions Support program provides grants to early childhood education and care (ECEC) services to develop their capacity and capability to include children with additional needs including First Nations children and children from CALD communities.98 The Department provided over $213 million in Innovative Solutions Support grants from 2019-20 to 2020-2021.99 Support overtly linked to racism and social cohesion comes in the form of individual funding, with examples as follows: • 98 Almost $9 million provided to the Together for Humanity Foundation from 202122 to 2022-23 to enable Together For Humanity to increase the scope and impact Australian Government | Department of Education (2024) Early Childhood, Inclusion Support Program Innovative Solutions Support, accessed 14 February 2024 99 Bray, J. R, Carroll, M., Baxter, J., Budinski, M., Gray, M., (2021). Evaluation of the Inclusion Support Program. (Research Report). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies., page 9 55