Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4093

Grant Guidelines for the Early Childhood Education and Care Community Child Care Fund Special Circumstances Transition Payment 2020

To be eligible to receive the Transition Payment in respect of a service, the provider must:
• be an approved provider under the family assistance law, and be approved in respect of the Service;
• not receive JobKeeper on behalf of their employees working in the early childhood education and care services from 20 July 2020 (or, if the provider is a sole trader, not receive JobKeeper for themselves),
• not charge fees in the Transition Period that exceed the fees charged by the provider in the relevant reference fortnight, and
• continue over the transition period to employ and to offer work to the employees of the approved early childhood education and care provider who were paid in the fortnight leading up to the end of the Relief Package (or the relevant fortnight for vacation care only services), including those who worked, were on short-term leave, or who did not work but were paid JobKeeper, but excluding those on long term leave.
Those providers which have compliance action on hand and which were eligible for a payment under the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package will also be eligible for a transition payment unless there is a material compliance change under the family assistance law.
New services approved for CCS on or after 13 July 2020 will be eligible for the 25% transition payment. The Department will work with providers for these services on a reference fortnight.

The Transition Payment grant period is 13 July 2020 to 27 September 2020.

Providers can accept the offer by returning a signed agreement agreeing to the terms and conditions of the grant.

If you are having problems completing or lodging your grant agreement you can contact the Child Care Subsidy Help Desk on telephone 1300 667 276 or email at ccshelpdesk@dese.gov.au).