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