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  • 1. The Commonwealth Childcare Program
  • 1.1. Aims and objectives
  • 1.2. Outside school hours care
  • 1.3. Commonwealth and State responsibilities
  • 1.4. Release of service information
  • 2. General conditions of funding
  • 2.1. Who can be funded?
  • 2.2. Legal responsibilities of operating a service
  • 2.3. Incorporation
  • 2.4. Compliance with relevant industrial awards and agreements
  • 2.5. Appropriate insurance
  • 2.6. Who can use the service?
  • 2.7. Profit status
  • 2.8. Accountability requirements
  • 2.9. Record keeping
  • 2.10. Access by Program staff
  • 2.11. Conduct of the service
  • 3. Operating a service
  • 3.1. Management committees
  • 3.2. Parent and staff participation in management
  • 3.3. Responsibilities to parents
  • 3.4. Responsibilities to children
  • 3.5. Information needs of parents
  • 3.6. Handling complaints
  • 3.7. Times of operation
  • 3.8. Location of a service
  • 3.9. Chaging the operator of a service
  • 3.10. Ceasing to operate
  • 3.11. Fee schedule
  • 4. Who can use a service?
  • 4.1. Who can attend an outside school hours care service?
  • 4.2. A community service
  • 4.3. Priority of access
  • 5. Information management and confidentiality
  • 6. Commonwealth funding of services
  • 6.1. Summary of Commonwealth funding and support
  • 6.2. Operational subsidy
  • 6.3. One-off grants
  • 6.4. Suppplementary Services (SUPS)
  • 6.5. Sales tax exemption
  • 7. Childcare Assistance
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Eligibility for Childcare Assistance
  • 7.3. How to calculate Childcare Assistance
  • 8. Commonwealth Childcare Cash Rebate Scheme
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Responsibilities of services
  • 8.3. How outside school hours care services register
  • 8.4. Further information
  • 9. Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Program
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Role of the Department of Health and Family Services
  • 9.3 JET child care resources workers (JETCCRW)
  • 9.4. What to do if a JET family asks for child care
  • 9.5. Permanent places
  • 9.6. Temporary add-on places
  • 9.7. Temporary add-on staff
  • 9.8. JET block placements
  • 9.9. When a JET client leaves care or moves into a permanent place
  • 9.10. JET SUPS assistance
  • 9.11. Acquittal process
  • 10. Employer sponsored outside school hours care
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. Models of employer sponsored outside school hours care
  • 10.3. Commonwealth funding
  • 10.4. Fringe benefits tax
  • 10.5. Negotiations between emplooyers and services
  • 10.6. Management of employer sponsored outside school hours care places
  • 10.7. Accountability requirements
  • 10.8. Employer contribution guidelines
  • 11. Accountability requirements
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Funding conditions
  • 11.3. Budget, Books and Balance Sheets
  • 11.4. Accountability documents
  • 11.5. Compliance
  • 11.6. Service assessments
  • 12. Useful contacts
  • 12.1. The Program
  • 12.2. National Out of School Hours Services Association (NOSHSA)
  • 12.3. State and Territory government departments
  • 12.4. Jobs, Education and Training (JET)
  • 12.5. Resource and advisory agencies
  • 12.6. Special services resource and advisory agencies
  • Appendix A. Funding rates
  • Appendix B. Forms.