Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Workforce Professional Development – National Child Safety Training Grant — Australia, 2025-26

• Applicant must be an ECEC service currently approved for and receiving the Child Care Subsidy under Family Assistance Law. • Eligible service types include long day care, family day care, in-home care, centre-based day care and outside school hours care services. • Applications are made by eligible providers for their employees. • Employee must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or hold a valid work visa (including student visa) allowing employment in the ECEC sector. • Employee must be a contact worker, or a non-contact worker such as a director or educational leader who provides direct support, education, care or supervision for children. • Employee must be full-time, part-time, or casual and have worked more than 40 hours overall in the preceding three months with the service. • Stand-alone kindergarten services not approved for and receiving CCS are not eligible. • Stand-alone pre-school services not approved for and receiving CCS are not eligible. • Individuals are not eligible. • Registered training organisations or other entities seeking to use the funding to provide courses are not eligible. • Organisations listed on the National Redress Scheme website, or with a project partner listed there, are not eligible. • Entities already receiving state or territory funding for wage replacement or backfill for the same employee to complete the same training are not eligible.