Children & family / Australian Capital Territory
Free three-year-old preschool
Up to 300 hours a year of free preschool for ACT three-year-olds at a participating childcare service.
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Your child must be 3 on or before 30 April and live in the ACT. They must go to a participating childcare service. The free preschool is 6 hours a week over 50 weeks, or 7.5 hours a week over 40 weeks. You only pay for extra hours. The Child Care Subsidy (a government payment for childcare) can lower that cost. Children on some temporary visas cannot get it. You can only use it once and at one service.
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