Starting Blocks

Starting Blocks provides parents with information about early childhood education and care to help them make the best choice for their child and family. Starting Blocks is a starting point to:

learn about children's developmental milestones
understand what to expect from an early childhood education and care service
find services and learn about their quality ratings
get tips on starting child care or preschool, and what can be done at home to encourage your child’s learning and development.

Childcare Benefit

Helps with costs for approved and registered care such as long, family or occasional day care, outside school hour care, vacation care, pre-school and kindergarten.

Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate

Information about Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate which provides families with two types of financial assistance to help cover the costs of approved child care.

NSW Department of Education, Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education Directorate monitors, supports and regulates early childhood education services in NSW.

Parent Line

Parent Line is a telephone counselling, information and referral service for parents (NSW). Their service includes the Early Childhood Intervention Infoline, providing information and support about child development, disabilities and developmental delays.There is also information regarding hotlines for Family and Community Services Reporting, Mental Health Access, Health Direct, Domestic and Family Violence Support, Women's Legal Service NSW Support and Men's Referral Service.

Lifeline

Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support.

Tresillian

Each year Tresillian assists close to 80,000 families with young children across New South Wales. They offer a caring and personalised service to parents in the early years providing families with advice to help gain confidence in their parenting abilities.

Life start

Lifestart, a not for profit organisation and registered charity, providing early childhood intervention and school age years programs and supports to children and young people living with disability or developmental delay.

Indigenous.gov.au

Connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Australian Government policies and programmes.

Autism Spectrum Australia

Aspect is Australia’s leading service provider for autism and other disabilities. Their specialised, evidence informed schools program is the largest in the world. Additional services include information and advice, diagnostic assessments, behaviour support, parent and family support.

1800 ASPECT

NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency Inclusion Support

Inclusion benefits everybody and makes a difference not just for now, but for the future.

The Hills Sydney's Garden Shire

The Hills Shire Council is responsible for serving the community, positively influencing local conditions and the daily lives of residents, workers and visitors by effectively planning a range of services and resources.

The Children's Preschool

Collaborative Partnerships with

Families & Communities

Starting Blocks

Starting Blocks provides parents with information about early childhood education and care to help them make the best choice for their child and family. Starting Blocks is a starting point to:

learn about children's developmental milestones

understand what to expect from an early childhood education and care service

find services and learn about their quality ratings

get tips on starting child care or preschool, and what can be done at home to encourage your child’s learning and development.

Childcare Benefit

Helps with costs for approved and registered care such as long, family or occasional day care, outside school hour care, vacation care, pre-school and kindergarten.

Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate

Information about Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate which provides families with two types of financial assistance to help cover the costs of approved child care.

NSW Department of Education, Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education Directorate monitors, supports and regulates early childhood education services in NSW.

Parent Line

Lifeline

Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support.

Tresillian

Each year Tresillian assists close to 80,000 families with young children across New South Wales. They offer a caring and personalised service to parents in the early years providing families with advice to help gain confidence in their parenting abilities.

Life start

Lifestart, a not for profit organisation and registered charity, providing early childhood intervention and school age years programs and supports to children and young people living with disability or developmental delay.

Indigenous.gov.au

Connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Australian Government policies and programmes.

Autism Spectrum Australia

Aspect is Australia’s leading service provider for autism and other disabilities. Their specialised, evidence informed schools program is the largest in the world. Additional services include information and advice, diagnostic assessments, behaviour support, parent and family support.

1800 ASPECT

NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency Inclusion Support

Inclusion benefits everybody and makes a difference not just for now, but for the future.

The Hills Sydney's Garden Shire

The Hills Shire Council is responsible for serving the community, positively influencing local conditions and the daily lives of residents, workers and visitors by effectively planning a range of services and resources.