The grants could help local authorities encourage more childminders in their area to provide 30 hours.
How much funding is available?
The Childcare Business Grants Scheme is funded by the DfE. The scheme has been relaunched with new amounts available from 1 May 2017 and is due to close by 31 March 2018. However, there is a fixed amount of funding available, so it will end earlier if all the funding is awarded before March.
Three types of grants are available:
What is the definition of domestic premises?
Ofsted guidance defines an early years childcare provider on domestic premises as "working with three or more other people in a home to provide care for children in the early years group where at least one individual child attends for more than two hours in any one day".
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