2026 Start Strong Consent Form

2026 Start Strong

2026 Fee Relief Declaration and Consent Form
What is this form for?
This form is for families to apply for NSW Government fee relief for eligible 3-year-old and 4-yearold children enrolled in NSW long day care services. It also gives your consent to your service to share personal information with the NSW Department of Education (the department). Please see more information about this consent on Page 3.

What do families do?
1. Give this completed form to the early childhood education and care service where your child is enrolled.
2. Complete a separate form for each child enrolled at an early childhood education and care service.
You do not need to send this form to the department.

How much fee relief will you receive?
Fee relief is applied after the Child Care Subsidy to reduce your child’s fees. The amount of fee relief is dependent on service provider type, location of the service, age of your child and number of hours enrolled.
Please check with your service how much fee relief you will receive.

Why is this form important?
This form allows your service to apply weekly fee relief after the Child Care Subsidy to further reduce your fees.
Section 1: Child Details
First Name*
Last Name*
Date of birth*

DayMonthYear
Your child must be at least 3 years old on, or before, 31 July 2026
Address*
Where your child primarily resides (this should not be a PO Box address)
Sex*
Campus*
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait - Has your child been identified on their enrolment form asAboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?*

YesNo
Language other than English - Does your child have a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE) including Australian Sign Language (Auslan) or Aboriginal language, or does your child's parents or primary care givers speak another language (even if the child speaks English)?*

YesNo
Sections 2: Early Childhood Education Service Details

The service where you want fee relief to be applied. You can only nominate one service, even if your child is enrolled at multiple services
Service name*
Service address*
Sections 3: Is your child enrolled in another early childhood education and care service?
Other service/s your child is enrolled - Is your child enrolled at another community preschool or long day care?*

YesNo
If you answered ‘yes’, please provide the name/s of the other service/s
Note: You cannot apply for fee relief for the same child from another service where they are also enrolled. If your child is enrolled in more than one service, you must choose one service when applying for fee relief.
PARENT/CARER/GUARDIAN DECLARATION
I understand that this information about my child is being collected on behalf of the NSW Department of Education in accordance with the Privacy Notice below.

I understand the early childhood education and care service in Section 2 where I have applied for fee relief is required to give this information about my child to the NSW Department of Education, as per the Privacy Notice.
Declaration

I want to access fee relief at the service nominated in Section 2I do not want to access fee relief in Section 2 as my child is receiving Start Strong fee releif from another community preschool or long day care service
Parent Name
Signature

Clear
Date

DayMonthYear
Date
Privacy Notice

The NSW Department of Education is collecting the personal information about you and your child that you put in this form.

What information is collected?
The department collects information such as names, birth dates, addresses, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status, language background and service(s) enrolment information.

Do you have to give consent?
No, but if you don’t, you won’t receive fee relief through the department’s Start Strong for Long Day Care program.

Why is the information collected?
The department uses this information to run the Start Strong for Long Day Care program, including to check eligibility, manage payments, audit compliance and evaluate the program and use of funding. The information may also be used for research and developing policies related to early childhood education and care. If personal information is shared with third parties, it will only be used for those
purposes.

Your personal information will not be shared with others unless required by law or with your consent.

Any published information will be anonymous and will not include names or identifying details.

You may withdraw consent to the department’s use or disclosure of your information at any time by contacting your early childhood education and care service where your child is enrolled.

You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by the department by writing to Legal Services – Privacy, GPO Box 33, Sydney NSW 2001, or legal.privacy@det.nsw.edu.au.

More information, including the department’s Privacy Management Plan, can be found on the department’s privacy webpage: https://education.nsw.gov.au/rights-andaccountability/privacy/privacy-information-and-forms.
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2026 Start Strong

Section 1: Child Details

Sections 2: Early Childhood Education Service Details

Sections 3: Is your child enrolled in another early childhood education and care service?

PARENT/CARER/GUARDIAN DECLARATION