- Assistance with Child Care Fees
The Australian Government offers a range of payments and services to help families with the costs of child care. http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/subjects/assistance-with-child-care-fees - Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
A national register that records vaccinations given to children under 7 years of age.
http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/australian-childhood-immunisation-register - mychild.gov.au – Australia’s online child care portal
The mychild.gov.au website is Australia’s online child care portal. On this website, you will find information on different types of child care and how to get assistance with the cost of child care. You can also search a database to find child care centres in your local area. In many cases, you will also be able to find the services’ vacancy and fee information. This site also has information and links to other useful websites about children’s health and wellbeing, parenting and family support services.
http://www.mychild.gov.au/sites/mychild - Starting Blocks
Starting Blocks provides parents with information about early childhood education and care to help them make the best choice for their child and family. Starting Blocks is a starting point to learn about children’s developmental milestones, understand what to expect from an early childhood education and care service, learn about the quality rating system, get tips on starting child care or preschool, and what can be done at home to encourage your child’s learning and development.
http://www.startingblocks.gov.au/ - Kidspot.com.au
Kidspot started as a directory of maternity, baby, and kid related equipment, toys, clothing, travel, fun, activities, sport, and related trappings. Now boasting the most comprehensive directory for parents in Australia – it makes it fast and easy for parents to identify products, services and places of interest leaving more time for all to enjoy. Over time, Kidspot evolved to include a rich community for mums to share stories, issues, joys and connect in a moderated, private forum. Time saving tools and new topics of interest are also added continuously – driven by the parents themselves.
http://www.kidspot.com.au/ - The Raising Children Network
The Raising Children Network website is based on the philosophy that all children and families are individual and different. We provide scientifically validated information, translated into everyday language, to help parents and carers make decisions that work for them in their individual family circumstances.
http://raisingchildren.net.au/ - Kidsafe.com.au
Kidsafe is the leading non-government, not-for-profit charitable organisation, dedicated to preventing unintentional childhood injuries and reducing the resulting deaths and disabilities associated with injuries in children under the age of 15 years.
http://www.kidsafe.com.au/ - Healthy Kids website
The overall goal of the Healthy Kids website has remained the same over the past decade – to support teachers, parents, carers, coaches, health professionals, kids and teens to make healthy choices by providing a “one stop shop” of current and credible information, resources and support materials about healthy eating and physical activity. On the Healthy Kids website, you will find kid friendly recipes, ideas for physical activity and practical ways to improve nutrition, as well as specific factsheets for families and children. You can also sign up for a quarterly e-newsletter which informs our subscribers of topical or new information on the site.
http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/