Open Call for National Early Childhood Program in Australia

Deadline: 26-Aug-22

The Australian Government is inviting applications via an open competitive process to apply to deliver services under the National Early Childhood Program for Children with Disability or Developmental Concerns (NECP) – ‘Support and connection for parents and carers of young children with disability or developmental concerns’ grant opportunity from December 2022 to June 2025.

The grant opportunity will provide facilitated group information sessions, workshops or interactive sessions in all states and territories for parents and carers of young children aged 0 to 8 years with a newly identified disability or who have concerns regarding their child’s development. These information or interactive sessions should provide opportunities for families early in their journey to learn from, and connect with:

evidence-based information
family-focused strategies
peers with similar experiences.

This grant opportunity will connect with the grant opportunity “Support and connection for young children with disability and developmental concerns”, with applications for both grant rounds open now.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation
- Company
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Local Government Entity
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Trustee on behalf of a Trust.
Applications from consortia are acceptable and encouraged, as long as you have a lead applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Sub-contracting is also permitted, and sub-contracting arrangements will be monitored, including the purposes for which they are used.