The Andrews Labor Government is making it easier for Yuroke families to secure a kinder place.

Minister for Early Childhood Ingrid Stitt today announced Hume City Council is one of 41 local government areas that will share in $720,000 and receive a Central Enrolment Development Grant.

Hume City Council will receive $10,000 to update policies, website, social media platforms and central enrolment schemes and make them more accessible for families ‒ in time for the roll-out of funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten across Victoria.

Central enrolment makes it easier for parents to secure a kinder place by allowing parents to register their interest in enrolling their child in more than one service, without having to contact multiple centres.

The Kindergarten Central Enrolment program provides grants to councils to establish, expand or enhance central enrolment schemes in their community.

Councils can apply for up to $60,000 to implement a scheme or up to $10,000 to expand or enhance an existing scheme to support the statewide roll-out of universal Three-Year-Old Kindergarten in 2022.

In an Australian first, the Labor Government is investing almost $5 billion to deliver 15 hours of funded three-year-old kindergarten programs to children in Victoria by 2029.

Three-Year-Old Kindergarten has now been rolled out across 21 local government areas and will expand across the rest of the state in 2022.

Quotes attributable to Member for Yuroke Ros Spence

“We know that two years are better than one when it comes to kinder, which is why we’re investing nearly $5 billion to roll out funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten across Victoria over the next ten years.”

“We are simplifying the process to make it easier for Yuroke parents and families to enrol their child in kindergarten and helping all families find a kinder place.”