Targeted Funding for Disadvantage is paid to services in addition to the ECE Funding Subsidy, 20 Hours ECE and Equity Funding.
See our guidelines about Targeted Funding for Disadvantage.
The ECE Funding Handbook has information about the fund, who is eligible to get it and how it should be used and reported.
ECE funding handbook: Targeted Funding for Disadvantage
The handbook also sets out the amount of funding available.
ECE funding handbook: Appendix 1
Privacy of children
When calculating the funding for services, we do not identify which children are considered to be from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Read the privacy assessment we completed as part of this programme.