Community Child Care Fund Round 5

This grant opportunity is available to Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved providers of approved child care services under the Family Assistance Law that meet the eligibility criteria set out in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

The CCCF Round 5 grants are for a grant period of up to 3 years.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to support:

• ECEC services providing care in under-served communities experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability to be able to address (or have increased capacity to address) community level barriers to child participation in early childhood services
• increased number of children from families and communities experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability accessing ECEC
• viability of ECEC services providing care to communities experiencing disadvantage, including in areas with fluctuating and/or low short-term demand.

The grant opportunity will provide funding for 2 key activity streams:

• Sustainability Support: helping eligible ECEC services improve the viability and financial sustainability of their service, including working with other organisations and families to identify and address community level barriers to early childhood participation. Community level engagement must ultimately result in increased access and participation.
• Capital Support: helping eligible ECEC services by contributing towards the cost of capital works, including repairing, modifying, renovating with a particular focus on child safety and compliance.