Kindergarten funding forms and calculators

Information for early childhood funding application forms and calculators.

KIM online funding applications

Most applications need to be made via the Kindergarten Information Management system.

For more information about applying for kindergarten funding, contact your regional office.

Paper forms

Some activities can’t be processed through KIM and require a paper form:

Application to become an Early Years Management organisation

Funding calculators

Use this to calculate if your organisation receives an annual fee subsidy surplus greater than $5000 for any service (you may be required to report how this surplus was used through the department’s annual data collection).

Kindergarten fee subsidy annual surplus calculator (XLS, 49 KB)

Service providers can use this to calculate how much to charge families eligible for the kindergarten fee subsidy if the child is accessing more than 15 hours per week (600 hours per year).