2025 Start Strong for Long Day Care NSW

This program provides funding to deliver affordable, quality preschool education to children aged 3 and above who are enrolled in eligible long day care services in New South Wales.
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This grant is currently closed to applications

What do you get?

Funding will be calculated based on enrolment information.

Who is this for?

Eligible long day child care services in NSW.

Overview

Funding is provided through 4 streams:

  • program funding for children aged 4 and above, scaled for enrolments above and below 600 hours, with loadings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and services located in areas of relative socio-economic disadvantage
  • fee relief for families of children aged 4 and above
  • program funding for children aged 3 with loadings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and services located in areas of relative socio-economic disadvantage
  • fee relief for families of children aged 3.

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