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Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4474

Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) Special Circumstances Victorian Recovery Payment Guidelines 2020

GO ID:
GO4474
Agency:
Department of Education
Close Date & Time:
30-Jun-2021 11:30 pm (ACT Local Time)
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Internal Reference ID:
ESE20/7675
Primary Category:
131001 - Child Care
Publish Date:
22-Oct-2020
Location:
VIC
Selection Process:
One-off/Ad hoc

Description:

 

The Victorian Recovery Payment (‘Recovery Payment’) will be provided to all eligible Victorian services and includes additional support for Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) services. The payment is in response to the restrictions faced by the Victorian Early Education and Care (ECEC) sector and acknowledges they have a different recovery trajectory compared to services elsewhere in Australia.

 

 

 

Eligible services do not need to apply. Services will be sent a grant offer via DocuSign.

 

 

 

Providers that do not wish to receive the grant are encouraged to decline the offer by selecting “Other Actions” and “Decline to Sign”.

 

Eligibility:

 

To be eligible to receive the Recovery 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;

  • the service must be located in Victoria;

  • the service must remain open and continue to provide child care (unless the service has been directed to close by a relevant Commonwealth, state or territory government authority or health agency);

  • the provider’s approval has not been cancelled or varied under paragraphs 195H(1)(b) or (d), respectively, of the Family Assistance Administration Act, including where the decision is suspended or stayed by the operation of law, including by order of a tribunal or court; and

  • the provider has complied with any applicable obligations under section 2.4 in relation to becoming a participating institution in the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
Grant Activity Timeframe:

 

28 September 2020 to
31 January 2021 (the Recovery Period).

 

Instructions for Application Submission:

 

Providers need to review and electronically accept their DocuSign offer.

 

 

 

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.

 

Other Instructions:

 

Any addenda to the guidelines will be published on Grant Connect and the DESE home page here:

 

https://www.dese.gov.au/document/victorian-recovery-payment-guidelines