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The Child Care Financial Integrity Strategy (Integrity Strategy) summarises the Australian Government’s approach to ensuring child care funding is being properly administered by providers, services and educators.
The Integrity Strategy will help you understand the Australian Government’s expectations, potential intervention responses and the assistance they provide to help providers, services, family day care educators and families gain the necessary skills and knowledge to comply with the law.
Resources to help you comply with the Family Assistance Law
There are a range of resources to help Family Day Care educators comply with the rules, including:

• A series of educational mini videos to help you understand your obligations under Family Assistance Law
• Child Care Provider Handbook : a guide to the requirements and responsibilities of early learning and child care providers, services and educators approved under Family Assistance Law.
• Child Care Compliance Obligations (from 2 July 2018): a reference guide to support and assist you to understand your obligations.
• Help using the Child Care Subsidy System webpage : information about the Child Care Subsidy System.

Child Swapping
The Australian Government has implemented laws to stop ‘child swapping’ in Family Day Care services. These changes affect approved Family Day Care services and educators entitled to child care payments if their child is enrolled for care in an approved Family Day Care service.
Information on child swapping : a web page containing information for child care providers, services, educators and families
Additional Resources

The Department of Education website has a resources page available, which includes:

• The Guide to ACCS (child wellbeing). contains information for child care providers, services and educators involved in the administration of Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing).
• The Frequently Asked Questions page, covering a range of topics on the Child Care Subsidy and Additional Child Care Subsidy.

You can also access previous email newsletters to find information on important topics. The Department of Education sends regular email newsletters, which cover important early childhood, education and care related information.
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