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Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Workforce Practicum Exchange Living Allowance Grant Opportunity Guidelines (2024-2025)

Grant Closes: 14th of March 2025 - 5:00 pm Value: Up to $1,543 Run By: Australian Government Department of Education Further Information: https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=0ffec039-582e-4293-a777-e43f04824d6c

The purpose of the grant is to provide support to ECEC students (through their provider) already working in the ECEC sector with a living and travel allowance (for up to four weeks) to assist them complete a practicum placement away from their home location. Funding is not designed to fully cover the exact cost of a student’s travel and living expenses whilst on their practicum exchange.

Only CCS approved services, including long day care, family day care, in-home care, centre-based day care and outside school hours care services are eligible for this grant.

The grant is targeted to services who have employees that will provide education and care as part of their practicum exchange in one of the following remoteness categories:  

  • Inner regional Australia
  • Outer regional Australia
  • Remote Australia
  • Very remote Australia

Only ECEC services currently approved for and receiving the Childcare Subsidy (CCS) under Family Assistance Law, including long day care, family day care, in-home care, centre-based day care and outside school hours care services, are eligible and can apply for their employees.

To be eligible for a grant the employee must:

  • be undertaking their practicum exchange in a regional, remote or very remote location other than their home location
  • be currently employed by the Provider and work at least 40 hours in the Service in a 3-month period
  • have used the Practicum Exchange website to be matched to a service for their practicum period. 

The Provider must not be receiving any funding from another source for the same practicum exchange activity.

Last Updated: 28th of January 2025
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