The Child Care Subsidy previously the Jobs for Families Package introduced in the 2015-2016 budget commences on 2 July 2018, with additional funding being passed onto families. Now up to providers to convince families to reinvest that money into early learning through increasing their children's attendance at the care services of their choice.
Early childhood advocates raising the discussion on social media of the difference being reported in the program expenses reported for Child Care Subsidy in 2016-2017 budget for 2018-19 $11,056,787 now being reported for the same period as $8,755,068. That appears a bit light on earlier estimate.
There has been a one year extension of the National Partnership Agreement until 2019, which is the funding of preschool programs.
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