![]() Services must make clear to families that they can only access a funded kindergarten program, at one service at a time in line with normal kindergarten funding guidelines. Confirmation of funded kindergarten program Services that commence delivery of funded kindergarten during the kindergarten year will be able to opt in to Free Kinder. There will be a date by which services will be expected to confirm they are opting into Free Kinder, including acceptance of relevant terms and conditions, to ensure they receive funding from the commencement of the year. Service providers will be advised by us via email that the opt-in process has opened. ![]() Examples of pro-rata funding amounts are: ![]() Three-Year-Old Kindergarten programs delivering 15 hours per week, per child, will receive the full $2,000 or $2,500 per enrolled child, based on delivery setting. The pro-rata approach for Three-Year-Old Kindergarten will be applied regardless of whether the program is delivered in a long day care or sessional (standalone) setting. Funding for hours of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten KFS will continue to be available for currently eligible services that elect not to opt in to Free Kinder. The Free Kinder payment will replace KFS and the KFS Ratio Supplement for participating services, and the ESK rate will be increased to reflect the move from KFS to Free Kinder for most services. Where a long day care service offers both an integrated program as well as a sessional program for which children do not attract CCS, the above rates and the different sets of terms and conditions outlined below will apply to each program respectively.įree Kinder funding is an additional payment to services to cover the parent fee component and will be paid on top of other kindergarten funding streams (excluding Kindergarten Fee Subsidy (KFS), KFS Ratio Supplement and Early Start Kindergarten (ESK)). Services that offer a Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program of less than 15 hours, will receive a pro-rata amount.Sessional (standalone) services will receive $2,500 per child enrolled.where enrolled children also attract Commonwealth Childcare Subsidy (CCS) payments) will attract $2,000 per child enrolled ![]()
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