Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO8175

This grant opportunity is available to Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved providers of approved child care services under the Family Assistance Law that meet the eligibility criteria set out in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

The CCCF Round 5 grants are for a grant period of up to 3 years.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to support:

• ECEC services providing care in under-served communities experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability to be able to address (or have increased capacity to address) community level barriers to child participation in early childhood services
• increased number of children from families and communities experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability accessing ECEC
• viability of ECEC services providing care to communities experiencing disadvantage, including in areas with fluctuating and/or low short-term demand.

The grant opportunity will provide funding for 2 key activity streams:

• Sustainability Support: helping eligible ECEC services improve the viability and financial sustainability of their service, including working with other organisations and families to identify and address community level barriers to early childhood participation. Community level engagement must ultimately result in increased access and participation.
• Capital Support: helping eligible ECEC services by contributing towards the cost of capital works, including repairing, modifying, renovating with a particular focus on child safety and compliance.

The application form asks for the Approved Provider Organisation ID and Approved Service Organisation ID which are unique alpha-numeric codes issued to organisations that have previously received grant funding, administered by the Community Grants Hub (the Hub). To obtain your Approved Provider Organisation ID and Approved Service Organisation ID you must email the Hub on support@communitygrants.gov.au. You must reference your Provider CCS Approval ID and Service CCS Approval ID in your email.

To be eligible to apply for this grant opportunity you must satisfy all the eligbility criteria outlined in sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Assessment of applications - May 2026

Approval of outcomes of selection process - June 2026

Notification to applicants - July 2026

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - September 2026

Earliest start date of grant activity - September 2026

Latest end date of grant activity - 30 June 2029.

To apply, you must:

• complete the online application form on GrantConnect
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application/s to the Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on 25 February 2026.

Please use:

• Community Child Care Fund Round 5 - Questions and Answers - version 2.