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-Start Strong extension for Aboriginal Children
-A funding model that follows the child rather than the service type
-Consider whether start strong be extended to 900hours as a standard to ALL children, what does the research say?

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Access through the different funding types, such as those that out of scope services receive.

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Options for parents to use funding to use a variety of service types to met child and family needs

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Incentivized program to encourage families to attend

Consultation with services and First Nations families on what would work best

A similar approach to Start Strong in the sense of rewards for attendance

Flexibility is critical in relation to eligibility

Invest in supporting the development of First Nations led services and educators to support First Nations families in their service choice and enhancing cultural excellency opportunities

Opportunities for allied services built into the service - child and family services, health, workshops, transport and connection between families.

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-Approaching families to ascertain what would work best for them.
-A model that followed the child between services
-Seeking feedback and data from services
-Participants stated not enough knowledge around funding models.
-Connect to start strong expansion and build from there

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Engagement of more Aboriginal educators to support children and families to enrol

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- Single point of contact for services to access funding teams.
- Consider transport barriers, eg compliance, access.
- Communication with families that access and funding is available.
- Education campaigns around compliance, enrolments, influx of numbers/max number requirements, capital works grants.
- Potentially providing funding for transport and in particular SAFETY with transport.
- Consider the geographical barriers for children across the state, eg city verses remote.
- A funding model that's supported by a peak body, or bridges the gap for services accessing funding.

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More government funding to keep doors open for services, e.g. funding from gov to replace workforce on sick leave. This will increase child access to ECE

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Community context should be considered when deciding on amount of funding provided to each service, some communities may have greater needs and therefore require greater funding.

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- Considerations for service types and different models of care

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- Considerations for service types and different models of care

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- Flexibility for families in their usage of funding - different services/ hours of care

-Consideration of COVID  impacts and quick closures
- Encouraging additional mobile services to provide exposure to Early education in regional areas, particularly in areas where other services are not available.
- Consideration to transportation and actually accessing EC services, getting families to services!
- encouraging more Aboriginal professionals in the EC sector.
- Family involvement in programming within the services.

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The group believes this work is important.

Means testing - barrier - don't want the model to be based on families working hours.

Equity needs basis for funding - child focused - dependent

Funding model to be linked with proda CCS system - inclusion support funding

Rural locations - accessibility barriers - grants for distance travel - however may not be able to access 900 hours

System enabler - data integration - funding, monitoring and evaluation

Service offerings - target groups of children - increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolment - premium funding to attract specific cohorts

Need a robust strategic engagement and comms plan to communicate this model and engage families and communities

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Team 1
Keeping children in the centre - meeting their needs, including when they move across service-types
We need to measure attendance, to ensure they are reaching 600 hours (at least)
900 hrs is better! Even sh/could be mandatory
Focus also needs to be on achieving developmental outcomes
Making services culturally safe/competent, and providing cultural competency training for all staff
Transport services to increase access to services (incl funding services to provide transport)
Funding to provide meals to kids
Move toward full-time care for children
Better linking up with other funding models and services
Tie hours to the child and not the service type

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For example, playgroups in addition to preschool services to provide additional opportunities. Example mentioned: model used in the NT

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Consider adjusting the priority of access guidelines under Start Strong and considering these for other programs.

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Team 1 (question 2)
Provide adequate support services, ensure cultural safety, support framework, resources, etc
Rural, outer-regional focus - to ensure
Can the 900 hrs include some hrs at home (e.g. via an app)? This would help families engage/involved,
Priority of applications for Aboriginal children over others
Inclusion agency/ies should be partnered up with
Employ more First Nation staff, including HS work experience, traineeships - to promote ECE as a career path
Greater support for ECE services needs to be provided via various partnerships
Model needs to be easy to access