Start Strong Capital Works - Minor Capital Fund - 2022-2023

The Minor Capital Fund provides grants to support the creation of additional preschool places through smaller-scale extensions or renovations and/or the recalculation of unencumbered space for centre-based community preschool and long day care services in areas of need and demand across NSW.

Minor Capital grants can be used to:

• Extend or renovate existing centre-based community preschools or long day care centres offering a preschool program, where it will result in an increase of licenced places allocated to preschool-aged children recceiving preschool education; and/or
• Engage a certified building practitioner to re-calculate unencumbered space where it will result in an increase of licensed places allocated to preschool-aged children receiving preschool education without capital works.

Minor Capital grants must also contribute to the following ojectives:

• maximise the number of preschool places available for preschool-aged children to attend at least 600 hours per year or 15 hours per week of quality preschool education.
• support ongoing management of the service in line with applicable regulatory requirements.
• where possible, leverage funds from sources external to the department, including private finance, charitable donations and grants from other state and federal government agencies.