The Supporting Children with Additional Needs (SCAN) scheme aims to provide eligible State only funded children's services with the resources to assist children with additional needs to have equal access to a quality early childhood or vacation care experience. The SCAN scheme is funded by the NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS). Illawarra Children's Services manages the SCAN scheme in the Illawarra, Southern NSW and South West Sydney areas.
The SCAN funding scheme provides a contribution towards the cost of a child's placement in an eligible State funded children's service in the Southern (Illawarra and Southern NSW) and South West Sydney areas. Illawarra Children's Services also delivers support to include children with additional needs from the SCAN target groups
The target population groups for children with additional needs eligible to access SCAN funds are: - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) children The children in attendance at the eligible services may be between birth and 12 years of age.
NSW children's services that are State only funded and are not an approved service for the purpose of receiving the Commonwealth Child Care Benefit (CCB) are eligible to apply for SCAN funding. Generally, eligible services are: - Preschools
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