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).
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This opportunity is closed.
About the grant
The limited supply grant provided funding to approved providers to set up new ECEC services in areas of need. It is now closed.
The new services had to be either:
- Centre Based Day Care
- Family Day Care.
The new services had to be established in an area:
- experiencing disadvantage in regional and remote parts of Australia
- where there is no or limited access to ECEC.
The grant aimed to:
- increase the number of children accessing ECEC in regional and remote communities
- help providers to build capacity and operate sustainably in these communities
- enable local workforce participation in these communities by increasing access to ECEC.
The grant is part of the Community Child Care Fund which helps services address barriers to ECEC participation.
How to apply
Applications for the limited supply grant closed on 8 June 2023.
Eligibility
CCCF grants are for Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved providers.
To be eligible for a limited supply grant, providers were required to be:
- seeking to operate a new Centre Based Day Care or Family Day Care service
- planning to establish the new service in an identified priority area.
Funding
The grant included 2 funding activities.
Establishment and sustainability support includes activities such as:
- operational start-up costs, such as the cost to obtain provider approvals
- costs associated with providing ECEC
- developing and implementing a business plan
- upskilling staff, including backfilling costs
- transport assistance for children.
Capital works includes activities such as:
- extending or modifying an existing building for the new service
- building a new centre or facilities for the new service
- other activities agreed by us.
Grants were available for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 financial year.
Providers could apply for a maximum of $900,000 over the 2 financial years.
Providers could apply for up to:
- $600,000 in establishment and sustainability support
- $300,000 in capital support.
Outcomes
All CCCF grant recipients are listed on GrantConnect.
In October 2023, we announced $16 million in limited supply grants to 28 providers. These providers will establish 47 new services in 38 communities across Australia.
| Priority area | State/territory | Care type |
|---|---|---|
| Oberon | New South Wales | Centre Based Day Care |
| Bega–Eden hinterland | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Lismore surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Evans Head | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Dungog | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Grafton surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Kempsey surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Cessnock surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Mudgee surrounds – west | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Moree surrounds | New South Wales | Centre Based Day Care |
| Murwillumbah surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Nambucca Heads surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Lithgow surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Scone surrounds | New South Wales | Family Day Care |
| Ross | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Larapinta | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Ross | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Larapinta | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Larapinta | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Larapinta | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Larapinta | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Ross | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Ross | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Ross | Northern Territory | Family Day Care |
| Booral - River Heads | Queensland | Family Day Care |
| Tinana | Queensland | Family Day Care |
| Point Vernon | Queensland | Family Day Care |
| Maryborough surrounds – south | Queensland | Family Day Care |
| Banana | Queensland | Centre Based Day Care |
| Burrum – Fraser | Queensland | Family Day Care |
| Rangeville | Queensland | Centre Based Day Care |
| West Coast | South Australia | Centre Based Day Care |
| Barmera | South Australia | Family Day Care |
| West Coast | South Australia | Family Day Care |
| Yorke Peninsula – north | South Australia | Family Day Care |
| Mount Barker surrounds | South Australia | Family Day Care |
| Goolwa – Port Elliot | South Australia | Family Day Care |
| Mount Gambier – east | South Australia | Centre Based Day Care |
| Loxton | South Australia | Centre Based Day Care |
| Kings Meadows – Punchbowl | Tasmania | Centre Based Day Care |
| Berriedale – Chigwell | Tasmania | Family Day Care |
| Acton – Upper Burnie | Tasmania | Family Day Care |
| Bacchus Marsh surrounds | Victoria | Centre Based Day Care |
| Churchill | Victoria | Centre Based Day Care |
| Irymple | Victoria | Centre Based Day Care |
| Plantagenet | Western Australia | Centre Based Day Care |
| South Bunbury – Bunbury | Western Australia | Centre Based Day Care |
Business support
We offer free business support to services who get a CCCF grant. This can help you review and improve your service’s financial viability and sustainability.
Learn more about business support
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