The Attraction and Retention Packages for Regional Child Care Workers Program enables regional Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to apply for grant funding to attract and retain educators to regional Western Australia (WA).
This is the third round of funding to be delivered under the program with a total of $530,869 distributed so far to regional LGAs.
The funding is part of a 2021 State Government commitment of $1 million over four years to support the attraction and retention of early childhood education and care workers in regional WA.
The program will fund initiatives that aim to attract and retain educators in the regions, including:
- subsidised accommodation/housing
- intrastate travel relevant to the project
- relocation packages
- training and professional development
- support for educators to complete their practicums (including wages for relief staff)
- purchase of small capital items to support online learning
- workshops, seminars and talks to recruit prospective educators
- purchase of equipment required to deliver Family Day Care (Family Day Care only)
- Family Day Care one-off set up costs (Family Day Care only).
A webinar to provide information to interested grant applicants will be held on Monday, 29 January at 11am. Interested applicants can RSVP for the session via email at eclir@communities.wa.gov.au by Thursday, 25 January 2024.
Partnerships of more than one LGA may apply for a greater amount of grant funding commensurate with the number of LGAs and regional coverage.
Applications close at: 2:30pm on Friday 1 March 2024.
Visit the Attraction and Retention Packages for Regional Child Care Workers Program to find out more and apply.
