Commonly used resources for early childhood education and care providers and services. Find guides, task cards, forms, videos and more.
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Resources
Online learning
Learn how to comply with your obligations under Family Assistance Law, with Geccko.
Accessing the Child Care Subsidy System
Find useful information about how to access the Child Care Subsidy System.
Accessing the Inclusion Support Portal
Find out how to access and interact with the Inclusion Support Portal.
Read past newsletters
Access our previous email newsletters to find information on important topics.
Videos
Watch our videos on key early childhood education and care topics.
Case studies
Find some inspiration in these successful early childhood education and care initiatives.
Book database
See the free database for educators to discover children’s books by and about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Communication toolkits
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Forms
Find commonly used forms.
Child Care Subsidy
- Apply to submit, vary or withdraw session reports from a previous financial year
- Request a temporary suspension of your CCS approval
- Notify the department of your intention to sell, close or relocate a child care service
- Child Care Subsidy Governance Statement – Centre Based Day Care and Outside School Hours Care
- Child Care Subsidy Governance Statement – Family Day Care
Additional Child Care Subsidy
- Complete a statutory declaration to support an ACCS (child wellbeing) application
- Request the department’s Secretary to determine if a child meets immunisation requirements
In Home Care
- Apply for In Home Care eligibility assessment
- Report a change of circumstances
- Report a serious incident
- Apply to increase or decrease allocation of places
- Claim travel costs
- Educator qualification exemption declaration
- Family management plan template
- Nominate specified personnel
Inclusion Support Program
- Request permission to share personal information on the Inclusion Support Portal
- Reporting work health and safety incidents
Community Child Care Fund
Task cards
PRODA
Provider Entry Point
Access
General
- How to update provider business details in the Provider Entry Point
- How to update service business details in the Provider Entry Point
Personnel details
- How to add, update and remove personnel details in the Provider Entry Point
- How to update Family Day Care educator care addresses in the Provider Entry Point
Enrolments
Sessions
- How to create session reports in the Provider Entry Point (weekly overview)
- How to create session reports in the Provider Entry Point (child overview)
- How to view session reports in the Provider Entry Point
- How to vary and withdraw session reports in the Provider Entry Point
Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS)
- How to create a new ACCS child wellbeing certificate in the Provider Entry Point
- How to create a new ACCS child wellbeing determination in the Provider Entry Point
- How to make changes to ACCS certificates and determinations in the Provider Entry Point
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Payments
- How to view entitlements and payments in the Provider Entry Point
- How to view the worker retention payment in the Provider Entry Point
Inclusion Support Portal
- How to request IS Portal access as an authorised access delegate when a service does not have anyone in this role or is unable to identify who they are
- How to request IS portal access as an additional authorised access delegate
- How to request access as a service provider SP ISS user
- How to request access as an Inclusion Professional
- Accessing the Inclusion Support Portal as a Service Provider (SP ISS user)
- Requesting access to the Inclusion Support Portal in the role of authorised access delegate
- For authorised access delegates managing access to the Inclusion Support Portal
- Accessing the Inclusion Support Portal as an Inclusion Agency representative
Handbooks and guides
Access handbooks and guides on key policies and programs.
- Child Care Provider Handbook
- Guide to Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) child wellbeing
- Community Child Care Fund special circumstances grant guidelines
- Community Child Care Fund restricted grants guide
- Connected Beginnings guidelines
- Inclusion Support Program guidelines
- In Home Care national guidelines
- Worker retention payment guidelines
- Worker retention payment application guide
- Professional development and paid practicum subsidy guidelines
