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Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Providing child care in remote communities through the Community Child Care Fund Restricted (CCCF-R)

Action description: 

The Commonwealth is committed to expanding the Community Child Care Fund Restricted (CCCF-R) program to fund additional and primarily Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-run child care services in remote and very remote communities. In particular for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, with the expansion supporting up to 3,500 children.

Priority reform: 
Priority Reform Two
Outcome: 
Outcome 03
Outcome 04
Status: 
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?: 
No
Indicators: 
Rate of attendance in early childhood education in the year before full-time schooling (Outcome03), Preschool attendance and enrolment (Outcome04)
Responsible Ministers: 
Minister for Early Childhood Education
Minister for Education
Minister for Youth
Resourcing: 
$268.8 million over four years from 2022-23 in administered funding for the ongoing expenses of the CCCF-R program, which includes funding for the CCCF-R expansion
Delivery timeframe: 
Ongoing
Agency: 
Department of Education