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Equity funding

Table 14: Equity Funding rates for eligible services from 1 January 2023.

Date published: 23 September 2024

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Equity Funding Rates (including GST)	Rates from 1 January 2023	Rates from 1 January 2024	Rates from 1 January 2025
Equity Funding Component A: Low Socio Economic (per funded child hour)
EQI 1	$1.09	$1.15	$1.17
EQI 2	$0.84	$0.88	$0.90
EQI 3	$0.48	$0.51	$0.52
EQI 4	$0.23	$0.24	$0.24
Equity Funding Component B: Special Needs Funding (per funded child hour)
EQI 1	$0.51	$0.54	$0.55
EQI 2	$0.32	$0.34	$0.35
EQI 3	$0.22	$0.23	$0.23
EQI 4	$0.20	$0.21	$0.21
Equity Funding Component C: Language (monthly)
Language	$441.81	$465.23	$474.53
Equity Funding Component D: Isolation (monthly)
1.65 to 1.83	$107.50	$113.20	$115.46
1.84 to 2.53	$161.88	$170.46	$173.87
2.54 and greater	$312.37	$328.93	$335.51