The 2024 Start Strong for Long Day Care program provides funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education to children aged 3 and above who are enrolled in eligible long day care services in NSW.
Key information
- Status: Not open for application
- Grant amount: Variable from a total pool of up to approximately $350 million
Program objective
Start Strong for Long Day Care program objectives are to:
- improve affordability of preschool education
- support quality uplift in preschool education
- drive improved outcomes for children
- incentivise increased enrolment and attendance in quality early childhood education programs in the years before school.
For more information, refer to 2024 Start Strong for Long Day Care program guidelines.
Start Strong for Long Day Care program delivers on the Preschool Reform Agreement and preschool fee-relief initiatives.
This program is funded and administered by Department of Education.
Grant recipients
Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives.
Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.
Support and contact
For questions, feedback or complaints about Start Strong, please contact the department by:
- calling 1800 619 113
- emailing ecec.funding@det.nsw.edu.au.
An officer within Early Childhood Outcomes will consider and respond to your enquiry.