Family Day Care In Venue Care
Introduced in 1999, Family Day Care In Venue Care (FDC IVC) is a flexible form of child care which is provided by a Family Day Care carer in a venue other than the Family Day Care carer’s home or domestic premises. A suitable venue for the purposes of FDC IVC may include a primary school, preschool, community centre or health facility. FDC IVC must be administered through a FDC Scheme. Similarly to Family Day Care, FDC IVC is coordinated, monitored and supported by an approved Family Day Care service to ensure quality outcomes for children. FDC IVC is not permitted in all States and Territories in Australia.
Operating Family Day Care In Venue Care
Interested organisations may apply for approval to establish a new FDC IVC site by submitting a completed application to the local State or Territory office of the Department. The application will be assessed by the Department and the Department will advise the applicant of the outcome as soon as possible.
Where the Department assesses an applicant as eligible, the applicant will be approved to operate a FDC IVC site for 12 months only and will be subject to regular review throughout this 12 month period.
Existing Family Day Care In Venue Care sites
All existing FDC IVC sites will be reviewed by the Department before further approval is granted. Existing sites that are found to be duplicating Approved child care services already available in the area will not have funding extended.
Those services which could be viable as a mainstream type of child care will be transitioned to a mainstream form of child care such as Long Day Care, Outside School Hours Care or home-based Family Day Care.
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