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National Childcare Investment Programme
The National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) 2006-2010 was announced on the 7th December 2005 and came into effect on the 1st January 2006.
The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) has responsibility for the NCIP. The NCIP is working to build on the achievements of the EOCP and will incorporate a number of key objectives. These are to:
- Increase the supply and improve the quality of early childhood care and education services, part-time and full-day care, school age childcare and childminding;
- Support families to break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage;
- Support a co-ordinated approach to the delivery of childcare, which is centred on the needs of the child.
The Capital Childcare programmes are closed at this time.
Under the National Childcare Investment programme there are two programmes currently available to Childcare practioners in Co. Cavan.
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme
On 1st January 2010 the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme came into effect. The Scheme is expected to benefit some 70,000 children, aged between 3 years 3 months and 4 years 6 months, every year. Outline of the General Terms and Conditions governing participation in the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme for childcare providers can be found here. The General terms and conditions of the scheme for childminders is here.
Poster for ECCE scheme can be downloaded here.
Applications for entry into the Free pre school year in Early Childcare Care & Education can be downloaded here.
Applications must be returned by Friday, 1st April 2011. For more information, please click here.
The Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Scheme is available under the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) and comes into operation in September 2010. The scheme succeeds the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme to community-based childcare services (2008 - 2010).
The aim of the Scheme is to enable community-based not-for-profit childcare services to provide quality childcare services at reduced rates to disadvantaged parents eligible under the Scheme. Services availing of the Scheme are required, in addition to providing a quality service, to operate a balanced tiered fee system, with reduced fees for parents who qualify for subvention. Subventions are available in respect of parents who are in receipt of social welfare payments where an underlying entitlement to a social welfare payment is established. Each service’s financial allocation is determined by information submitted annually by the service to the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) on the profile of parents using the service (the numbers that fall into qualifying categories). For further on reducing parents childcare costs though the Community Childcare Subvention scheme is available here details on who is eligible and the subsidized bands please
New Applicants:
Community-based, not-for-profit childcare services wishing to avail of the Scheme for the first time should contact us for an Expression of Interest (EOI) form and further instructions on the application process. Once approved for entry into the CCS(CCS) Scheme, eligible services are required to submit completed Parental Declaration Forms from parents accessing the service, as well as other supporting documentation, directly to the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA).
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