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Rural advocates say childcare fund excludes regional communities
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Tayla Jackson relied on informal childcare for one day each week.
Childcare advocates and rural leaders in Queensland say eligibility rules for the Building Early Education Fund exclude council-run and small childcare providers. The federal government says the fund is intended to support high-quality not-for-profit centres in areas of unmet need.
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AllegedRural childcare advocates said the Building Early Education Fund excluded rural communities from accessing finance.
“childcare advocates across regional Queensland believe the fund has shut out rural areas from accessing finance”
The Australian government launched the Building Early Education Fund last July.
“It launched the Building Early Education Fund (BEEF) last July”
AllegedAngela Cochrane said council-run childcare centres in rural areas were ineligible to apply for the fund.
“under BEEF guidelines, those centres were ineligible to apply for funding”