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Funding sources for children with additional needs
1. Child Disability Allowance
- For
parents and guardians of a child with a disability.
- Contact:
Centrelink
2. New South Wales State Funding -Department
of Community Services
- Funding for children with
Additional Needs in an inclusive Preschool program
- Available
to Pre-schools only
- Contact: Local Department of Community
Services Children's Services Adviser
3. Commonwealth Funding
A) Department of Education, Training, Youth Affairs Intervention
Support Program - Young Children with Disabilities
- For children
with disabilities aged birth to six years
- Eligible services
to apply: Pre-schools; non-profit community-based Long
Day Care Centres; legally incorporated
organisations
- Contact: This funding is distributed through
NSW Department of Education and Training Phone 9266 8222
B) Department of Family and Community Services - Supplementary
Workers Program (SUPS)
- All Commonwealth funded child-care services
are eligible
- This includes: Long Day Care Centres; Out
of School Hours Services; Family Day Care; Vacation Care;
Occasional
Care
Centres
C) Department of Family and Community Services - Special
Needs Subsidy Scheme (SNSS)
- For children with ongoing high
support needs attending one of the above Commonwealth
funded services.
- Funding given based on individual applications
For more information please see - www.cscentral.org.au/inclusion/overview.html
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