If you are in this position, you may be eligible to apply for a funding review from the department.
What is a WRP funding review?
A WRP funding review is a process in which the Department of Education reassesses the funding a provider is allocated through the WRP. It is designed to accommodate for providers in unique circumstances, for whom the standard payment calculation method is not appropriate.
Am I eligible for a WRP funding review?
Firstly, to be eligible you must be a provider that is in receipt of the Worker Retention Payment (WRP). You cannot apply for a funding review before this stage of the grant.
Further, you must operate a service(s) that fulfils one or more of the below eligibility requirements:
- Service has a unique staffing profile, or
- Service has stand-alone jurisdiction-funded preschool rooms, or
- Service fits into definition of First Nations, is remote or very remote, or receives the Community Child Care Fund and has a unique operating model where session reporting is not used, or
- Service Provider cannot be provided consistent and smoothed funding by the Department across a financial year.(i.e, services that have intense seasonal occupancy fluctuations).
How do I apply?
To apply for a WRP funding review, you must first email this request to the CCS Help Desk at ccshelpdesk@education.gov.au.
The Help Desk team will then send you the relevant form to fill in and return to them accordingly. (This form - it is not available publicly.)
To complete your application, you will need have the information below ready:
- Your relevant WRP application number(s)
- To be the person with management or control for the provider
- Your service CRN(s)
- Recently recorded Child Care Subsidy hours
- Total approximate Child Care Subsidy hours claimed in a past typical four week period*
- Total paid staff hours recorded in a past typical four week period*
- Evidence to support the above two totals
*You can select the date range you would like to provide this information for. It cannot fall within the current month or previous month.
You can only apply for up to 10 services at a time, per funding review application.
After you apply
The Department of Education will assess your eligibility against their criteria.
Please note that there is no estimated processing time for funding review applications, as each case is assessed individually.
