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Expanding Quality Access Program

NSW Government

Total poolTotal pool: $100,000,000 (multiple grants offered)
DeadlineCloses Mon, 30 Nov 2026
RegionNSW

Overview

Expanding Quality Access a $100 million NSW Childcare and Economic Opportunity Fund grants program for not-for-profit providers of community preschools in NSW to transition one or more existing community preschools to a long day care service model.

Eligibility

Who can apply To receive funding under the Expanding Quality Access round 1, the selection criteria listed at section 2.1 in the program guidelines must be met. That is: eligibility criteria , and assessment criteria . Eligibility for the program remains at the discretion of the NSW Childcare and Economic Opportunity Fund Board consistent with the program guidelines. Types of projects funded under this grant Expanding Quality Access is targeted to not for profit providers of existing quality community preschools in NSW who want to transition one or more community preschools to a quality not-for-profit long day care service for local families who need ECEC for more weeks per year, or hours, and for different groups of non-school aged children. The primary outcome of the program is for grant recipients to have transitioned the operations of one or more quality, not-for-profit community preschool to a quality, not-for-profit long day care service by 30 June 2028. To meet diverse family needs across different age groups, hours, and/or weeks there are 3 not-for-profit long day care service models catering for different ages of children that a community preschool be transitioned to: Model 1: non-school aged children, from birth to school aged (0-5 years old) Model 2: non-school aged children, from over 24 months of age to school aged (2-5 years old), or Model 3: preschool aged children, from 36 months of age to school aged (3-5 years old). To improve access to ECEC for NSW children, the long day care service models 1 to 3 will need to: operate for the minimum operating period each year, at least 48 weeks each year, with the option of extended hours per day be approved and regulated under Children (Education and Care Services) National Law 2010 (NSW) National Law) and Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011 (Education and Care Services National Regulations) be approved to administer Child Care Subsidy (CCS ) under Family Assistance Law by 30 June 2028, and create additional places for children aged 0 to 2 years (models 1 and 2 only). To improve access to quality ECEC for children in priority areas in NSW, a 15% loading will be applied to the total Expanding Quality Access funding allocation for an eligible community preschool service located in a priority area ( section 6.1 the program guidelines ). A recipient under the Expanding Quality Access program will have been granted, by the Fund Board, funding under the program to use at the approved transition service to achieve the program outcomes. Funding can be expended on one or more of the activities and items listed under 3 funding streams in section 5 of the program guidelines: capital works operations support, and transition support .

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