Allocating Places at HEY

HEY allocates Long Day Care places in line with the following priorities of access:

1. Children who are currently attending the Service
2. Employee’s children
3. Siblings of children who currently attend the Service
4. Children at risk of serious abuse or neglect
5. A child of a single parent or parents who both satisfy the Child Care Subsidy activity test
6. Any other child

Within these categories priority is also given to;

a. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
b. Children with diagnosed additional needs*

*Children with diagnosed additional needs, will be enrolled, if in the opinion of management the Service can meet the child’s needs. Additional resources and funding may be required.

3 & 4 year old funded kindergarten places at HEY will be offered in accordance with the Government Priority of Access Guidelines as follows:

• Priority 1: Vulnerable Children

Included within this priority category are the following:

1. Children at risk of abuse or neglect, including children in Out-of-Home Care
2. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children
3. ​Asylum seeker and refugee children
4. Children eligible for the Kindergarten Fee Subsidy (Including a child or parent who holds a Commonwealth Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card, Veteran’s Affairs Card, or multiple birth children (triplets, quadruplets))
5. Children with additional needs, defined as children who: require additional assistance in order to fully participate in the kindergarten program, require a combination of services which are individually planned, have an identified specific disability or developmental delay

• Priority 2: Any Other Child