The Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) disadvantaged and vulnerable communities grant provides funding to services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to stay open and increase the number of children in care. Services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities can apply when grant rounds are open.
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About the grant
The grant provides funding to services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to:
- stay open
- increase the number of children in care.
Services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities can apply when grant rounds are open.
The grant is part of the Community Child Care Fund which helps services address barriers to child care participation.
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Previous funding rounds
Applications for round 3 closed on 1 March 2021. Successful applications were announced on 16 July 2021.
More than $100 million was offered to 385 child care providers for 716 applications. Funding was awarded in three categories:
- Sustainability support to help services remain viable and sustainable.
- Community support to identify and address community-level barriers to child care participation so more children can attend child care.
- Capital support to contribute to the cost of modifying, renovating, extending or building child care facilities that results in more child care places where there is unmet demand.
Learn about the round 3 outcomes
Round 2 outcomes were announced in August 2019.
Round 1 outcomes were announced in April 2018.