ClosedNon-ProfitFinal Adjustments Payments

2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments — NSW

$2K – $20K available

Department of Education

Funding is available to NSW community preschools for environmental modifications and specialised equipment or furniture that enable children with disability and additional needs to participate in educational programs on the same basis as their peers. This page describes the 2025 final adjustments payment round for eligible late-enrolled children.

Funding

$2K – $20K

Closed

10 Oct 2025

Duration

Funding must be expended in the year it was allocated for.

Location

New South Wales

Who Can Apply

• Applicant must be a community preschool receiving NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools funding or Mobile Preschools Funding Program funding. • Service-based inclusion readiness funding is only available where the preschool has not previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) or Inclusive Environments funding. • Service-based inclusion readiness funding requires that no children with disability were recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or applicable 2024 ad hoc data submission. • Child-based funding requires child or children with constant and ongoing support needs requiring significant adjustments, or a temporary illness or injury requiring short-term adjustment. • Final adjustments payments are only for applications relating to children enrolled after the Quarter 4 application cut-off date.
Funding is available only to community preschools receiving funding under the NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools funding or the Mobile Preschools Funding Program. For service-based inclusion readiness funding, the community preschool must not have previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) or Inclusive Environments funding and must not have any children with disability recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or applicable 2024 ad hoc data submission. For child-based Inclusive Environments funding, the child or children must have constant and ongoing support needs requiring significant adjustments to participate in the educational program on the same basis as peers, or have a temporary illness or injury requiring short-term adjustment and possibly specialised equipment. Final adjustments payments only consider applications for children enrolled after the Quarter 4 application cut-off date.

What's Funded

Minor environmental modification projects and the purchase of specialised equipment or furniture for community preschools to support children with disability and additional needs, including final adjustment payments for children enrolled after the Quarter 4 application cut-off date.

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Expected Outcomes

Improved inclusion capacity in community preschools and equitable educational participation and outcomes for children with disability and additional needs, including support for transition to school.

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Key Information

Applicant Types

non_profitother

Stage

any

Funding Purposes

communitycapital_expenditureother

Keywords

inclusive environmentsdisability inclusioncommunity preschoolearly childhood educationspecialised equipmentenvironmental modificationschildren with disabilityNew South Wales

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments?

The 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments is a non-profit grant offered by Department of Education in Australia, providing $2K – $20K in funding. Funding is available to NSW community preschools for environmental modifications and specialised equipment or furniture that enable children with disability and additional needs to participate in educational programs on the same basis as their peers. This page describes the 2025 final adjustments payment round for eligible late-enrolled children.
2

How much funding does the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments provide?

The 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments provides $2K – $20K in funding. The typical project duration is Funding must be expended in the year it was allocated for..
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Who is eligible for the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments?

  • Applicant must be a community preschool receiving NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools funding or Mobile Preschools Funding Program funding.
  • Service-based inclusion readiness funding is only available where the preschool has not previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) or Inclusive Environments funding.
  • Service-based inclusion readiness funding requires that no children with disability were recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or applicable 2024 ad hoc data submission.
  • Child-based funding requires child or children with constant and ongoing support needs requiring significant adjustments, or a temporary illness or injury requiring short-term adjustment.
  • Final adjustments payments are only for applications relating to children enrolled after the Quarter 4 application cut-off date.
4

When does the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Final Adjustments Payments close?

Applications closed on 10 Oct 2025.
5

What activities are funded?

Minor environmental modification projects and the purchase of specialised equipment or furniture for community preschools to support children with disability and additional needs, including final adjustment payments for children enrolled after the Quarter 4 application cut-off date.
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