21 FebGrant for disadvantaged and vulnerable communities
Applications are now open for the Australian Government Department of Education’s disadvantaged and vulnerable communities grant.
The disadvantaged and vulnerable communities grant helps services stay open and increase the number of children in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). This is the grant’s fourth round.
This grant opportunity is part of the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF). CCCF helps services address barriers to ECEC participation.
The grant has two funding activities:
- sustainability support grants help improve the service’s sustainability and viability
- capital support grants help improve existing ECEC facilities.
To be eligible, providers must:
- be Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved, and
- operate a service in an identified priority area, or
- located in, or servicing families in, a regional, remote or very remote area, or
- provide specialised care services to disadvantaged or vulnerable families, or
- currently receive CCCF funding under round 1 or round 3.
Applications are open now and will close on 8 March 2024. Grant funding is available over two years, from July 2024.
The application period is unable to be extended, and late applications won’t be accepted.
Check your eligibility, find grant guidelines, and apply on Grant Connect.
Find out more about the Community Child Care Fund on the Australian Department of Education website.
