Early Childhood Services Management

Child Care and Kindergarten

All children enrolled in child care and kindergarten should be safe, feel happy, and experience learning and play that meets their individual developmental needs.

A number of resources are available to childcare and kindergarten service providers to support them in maintaining high service standards for Victorian families.

Find your way around the Child Care and Kindergarten section using the featured links below.

For published English and multilingual information about kindergartens for services and parents including the kindergarten certificate, starting kindergarten, and needing a second year of kindergarten, see: Kindergarten Communications Material

Kindergarten funding criteria

  • Kindergarten Funding Criteria – includes the Victorian kindergarten policy procedures and funding criteria document, fee subsidy guidelines and other funding and data collection information to assist early childhood service providers and organisations in applying for their kindergarten funding
  • Kindergarten Fee Subsidy – information for services about providing eligible families with free or low cost kindergarten
  • Kindergarten Data Collection - provides forms to assist kindergartens to meet the requirements of the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria

Guidelines and Practice Notes

  • Children's Services Guidelines - contains practice notes and guides to managing and operating a licensed children's service including the Design Guide for Victorian Children's Services and the Outdoor Play Guide for Victorian Children's Services.

Management

Child Care

  • Occasional Child Care - for information on how the Take a Break and Adult, Community and Further Education child care programs provide respite and other opportunities for parents.