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See a list of regions and timeframes where we’ve declared a Child Care Subsidy (CCS) period of emergency for the early childhood education and care sector.

The Inclusion Support Program helps early childhood education and care (ECEC) services address barriers to inclusion. It helps children with additional needs participate in ECEC through tailored support and funding to services.

Inclusion Agencies deliver the Inclusion Support Program. These agencies provide support and advice to early childhood education and care services to help them address barriers to inclusion.

The Inclusion Support Portal (IS Portal) is the online platform where early childhood education and care services interact with the Inclusion Support Program.

The Inclusion Development Fund provides funding to help services address barriers to inclusion that cannot be resolved by support from an Inclusion Agency or the Specialist Equipment Library.

Find out more about the Schooling Resource Standard.

The Australian Government will fund a wage increase for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce through a worker retention payment.

The following is a list of providers and courses approved under Round 2 of the Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education.

Providers who get the worker retention payment must report information to us.

This guide will help early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers apply for the worker retention payment.

Each year the Department collects data on the number of applications for undergraduate study at university, the number of offers received and the number of offers accepted.