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Issuing a child wellbeing certificate
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A certificate gives a family immediate access to Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) child wellbeing for up to 6 weeks.
About the child wellbeing subsidy
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Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) child wellbeing provides help with the cost of early childhood education and care. It’s for families who care for a child at risk of serious abuse or neglect.
Grandparents
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Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) grandparent gives grandparents on income support, who are the primary carer of their grandchild, extra help with the cost of child care.
Special circumstances grant
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This grant helps early childhood education and care (ECEC) services stay open when something unexpected happens. It is part of the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
Disadvantaged and vulnerable communities grant
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This grant helps early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities stay open and increase the number of children in care. It is part of the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
Restricted expansion grant
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This grant funds the establishment of mostly new First Nations-led early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in remote areas with limited access to ECEC. It is part of the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
Limited supply grant
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This grant helped early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers set up new services in regional and remote areas where there is limited access to ECEC. It is part of the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
Temporary financial hardship
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Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) temporary financial hardship gives families experiencing significant financial stress extra help with the cost of child care. It is a short-term payment.
Early childhood COVID-19 support by region
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Child care services in the below regions were able to waive gap fees, access additional allowable absences and get business continuity payments for the dates indicated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 and early childhood
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The Australian Government provided support to the early childhood education and care sector throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Targeted COVID-19 support has ended.
Inclusion Agencies
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Inclusion Agencies deliver the Inclusion Support Program. These agencies provide support and advice to early childhood education and care services to help them address barriers to inclusion.
Inclusion Support Portal
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The Inclusion Support Portal (IS Portal) is the online platform where early childhood education and care services interact with the Inclusion Support Program.
Business support
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We provide free business support to Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) grant recipients to help them review and improve their financial viability and sustainability.
Inclusion Development Fund
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The Inclusion Development Fund provides funding to help services address barriers to inclusion that cannot be resolved by support from an Inclusion Agency or the Specialist Equipment Library.
Child care discount for early childhood workforce
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Child care providers can choose to offer a discounted fee to educators or cooks they employ whose children are enrolled at one of their services. The discount will not affect the employee’s Child Care Subsidy (CCS) entitlement.
National Children’s Education and Care Workforce Strategy
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The National Children’s Education and Care Workforce Strategy aims to foster a sustainable and high-quality workforce of early childhood teachers and educators.
Support for the early childhood workforce
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See what we’re doing to build a high-quality and sustainable early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce.
Worker retention payment minimum rates
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Providers who get the worker retention payment must pass funding on to eligible workers as a wage increase. This page outlines the minimum rates providers must pass on.
Early childhood workforce
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Quality outcomes for children depend on a highly skilled, well-supported and professionally recognised early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce.