Round One of the Attraction and Retention Grants to Support Early Childhood Workers in the ECEC and OSHC Sectors in WA for 2025-26 has closed. Round Two is scheduled to open for applications in late 2026.
A total of $750,000 in grant funding was available in the first round of the Attraction and Retention Grants for Early Childhood Workers in the ECEC and OSHC Sectors in WA. The program offered grants of up to $25,000 to eligible early childhood education and care (ECEC) and out of school hours care (OSHC) services to fund initiatives that support and strengthen the ECEC and OSHC workforce.
The 2025-26 successful grant recipients represent services located across the State including Perth metropolitan regions (East Metro, North-West Metro, South-East Metro and South-West Metro) and regional Western Australia, including the Great Southern, South-West, Goldfields-Esperance, Kimberley, Mid-West, Peel, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Wheatbelt.
The successful recipients of Round One (2025-26) will deliver the following projects:
- Allosaurus Pty Ltd: Bayonet Head ELC Workforce Attraction and Retention Initiative
- Brockman House Inc: Stability Initiative for Not-for-Profit ECEC and OSHC Service
- Bush Kids Bunbury Pty Ltd: Workforce Pathway Project
- Bush Kids Busselton Pty Ltd: Workforce Pathway Project
- Canning Vale PreKindy Inc: Workforce Attraction, Leadership Development and Retention Initiative
- Catholic Education Western Australia Limited: School Based Traineeships and Diploma Qualification Opportunities; LeadWell; Educational Leader Training and Development; and MTOP Online Learning Modules
- Children’s Integrated Management Services Ltd: Educator Appreciation and Achievement Program
- College Community Childcare Centre Inc: Professional Development and Leadership for Regional ECEC Educators
- Collie Early Education Inc: Building Leadership Capability & Workforce Stability
- Daisy Child Care Pty Ltd: Workforce Pathway Project
- Goldfields Child Care Centres Inc: Early Childhood Teacher
- Insight Early Learning Dunsborough Pty Ltd: Dunsborough Educator Pathways: Attract, Support, Retain
- Kritosaurus Pty Ltd: Building a Stable Early Childhood Workforce for Kalgoorlie
- Megalosaurus Pty Ltd: Kids on Carrington Workforce Sustainability and Professional Development Project
- One Tree Community Service Inc: Staff Attraction and Retention Project; Enhancing Staff Attraction and Retention through the Promotion of Wellbeing; Staff Incentives and Capacity Building PD; Remote Staffing Solutions
- Regional Early Education and Development Inc: Accommodation Support; Mental Health First Aid and Belonging
- Stegosaurus Pty Ltd: Attraction & Retention Workforce Project
- The Trustee for HMB Family Trust: Educator Empowerment & Retention Project
- The Trustee for the Burton Family Trust: Early Education Accommodation Project, Attraction & Retention Project
- Trex Pty Ltd: Attracting, Supporting, and Developing Educators
- Triceratops WA Pty Ltd: Workforce Wellbeing and Retention Program
- Wongan Cubbyhouse Inc: Sustainable Team Cubby
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