Kindergarten Funding Guidance

ACA Victoria can provide advice and support to Service Providers as they apply for kindergarten funding. The support also covers ongoing advice about compliance requirements and accessing the full range of supports from the Department of Education (DE).

 

We have created a set of documents to help guide you through the process of applying for and understanding kindergarten funding in Victoria.


The following documents are available:

 

  1. Kindergarten funding: Why should I apply?
  2. Kindergarten funding: How do I apply?
  3. Kindergarten funding: What happens next?
  4. Kindergarten funding: Early Start Kindergarten
  5. Models: Delivering a Three-Year-Old program in long day care
  6. Models: Delivering a Four-Year-Old program in long day care 
  7. Supporting families experiencing vulnerabilities: What services need to know

These documents are designed to be read in conjunction with the Department of Education's Kindergarten Funding Guide.

 

All ACA Victoria Service Providers in Victoria can contact our office with any questions. For ongoing support about funding requirements call us on 9532 2017 or Laura Witzand directly on 0412 649 834. 

Document 1:
Kindergarten funding: Why should I apply?

This guide gives service providers information to help decide whether to apply for kindergarten funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Training (the Department).

 

It also provides an overview of funded kindergarten, and covers issues such as eligiblity, funding types, the application process, your obligations once funding is approved, grants, subsidies and supports as well as benefits for families.

 

More detailed information is available in the other guides available below.

Document 2:
Kindergarten funding: How do I apply?

This step-by-step guide has been developed to help service providers complete and submit the ‘Expression of Interest for kindergarten funding’ form, which is a requirement for all service providers who wish to apply for kindergarten funding.

 

The guide will take you through the EOI process to enable you to complete your application as easily and effectively as possible.

 

Document 3:
Kindergarten funding: What happens next?

This guide sets out and explains the obligations on service providers who receive kindergarten funding, as well as providing information about grant and support opportunities available for children and families.

This is the most comprehensive of our guides and is designed to help you understand everything that will follow from your approval for kindergarten funding. The guide covers: 

 

  • Ongoing reporting obligations
  • Training and support
  • Department resources for Service Providers
  • Requirements for teachers
  • Requirements for funded children
  • Department supports for children/families
  • Access and inclusion funding and grants

Document 4:
Kindergarten funding: Early Start Kindergarten

This guide has been developed to give long day care Service Providers information about applying for Early Start Kindergarten grants to support eligible children and families.

 

This booklet has been designed with the Department of Education to be used in conjunction with the additional ACA Victoria publications, available on this webpage.


Document 5:
Models: Delivering a Three-Year-Old program in long day care

The purpose of this guide is to help you apply a three-year-old kindergarten program model that best suits your service and your families.

  

This booklet has been designed with the Department of Education and Training to be used in conjunction with the other additional ACA Victoria publications, available on this webpage.


Document 6:
Models: Delivering a Four-Year-Old program in long day care

The purpose of this guide is to help you apply a three-year-old kindergarten program model that best suits your service and your families.

 

This booklet has been designed with the Department of Education to be used in conjunction with the other additional ACA Victoria publications, available on this webpage.


Document 7:
Supporting families experiencing vulnerabilities:
What services need to know 

This guide aims to assist service providers in enrolling and supporting families in vulnerable circumstances. It provides information on how to facilitate the enrolment process and deliver ongoing support to both the child and the family.



Document 8:
Kindergarten Funding : Service Agreement:
What services need to know 

This guide provides information about the Service Agreement entered into once kindergarten funding has been approved, including reporting requirements.