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2026 Start Strong for Community Preschools - June Update

NSW Government

Total poolTotal pool: $550,000,000 (multiple grants offered)
DeadlineCloses Thu, 31 Dec 2026
RegionNSW

Overview

The Start Strong for Community Preschools program provides funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education for 3 to 5 year old children enrolled in eligible community and mobile preschools in NSW.

Eligibility

Who can apply To be eligible for current funding as a community or mobile preschool, providers must ensure each service meets all the following criteria: be a not-for-profit community preschool or mobile preschool service; be an approved early childhood education and care service under the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (National Law) and Education and Care Services National Regulations; deliver a quality early childhood education program by a qualified early childhood teacher in accordance with the requirements under the National Quality Framework , including using the Early Years Learning Framework ; accept and comply with the Early Childhood Outcomes Programs – Funding Agreement – Terms and Conditions – 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 (Terms and Conditions); and take reasonable steps to deliver 600 hours of quality preschool to all children enrolled at the service. The department will not provide funding for enrolled hours in a service that are Child Care Subsidy approved. For child eligibility criteria, refer to section 3.3 in the 2026 Start Strong for Community Preschools program guidelines . The list of grant recipients for the 2026 Start Strong for Community Preschools, as of February 2026, is available here . Types of projects funded under this grant The Program Payment can be used to support the operating expenses of your service. To find examples of these expenses, please refer to section 5.1 in the 2026 program guidelines. The Fee Relief Payment is to be used to reduce the costs of early childhood education to families in the form of fee pass-through. For more information on fee relief spending rules, refer to section 5.2 in the 2026 program guidelines.

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