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Forty four new places have opened at Calwell in April, 1992. Twenty of these are ACT funded occasional care places and twenty are long day care places jointly funded with the Commonwealth. The ACT Government has leased part of the former Kambah Health Centre to .a commercial child care operator who will provide seventy places. This centre opened in August 1992.
In addition 46 new Family Day Care Places were provided under the National Child Care Strategy in Tuggeranong in 1991/1992.
A recent survey by the ACT Planning Authority shows that parents prefer child care either close to work or on the way to work. Tuggeranong residents leaving the area to work, can access two new centres at Mawson (25 places) and Curtin (58 places). Parents can also access the existing network of centres throughout the city.
Negotiations commenced with Department of Education and Training to convert unused pre school facilities for child care at Taylor Pre School.
Negotiations are continuing with the Commonwealth to extend the National Child Care Strategy in order to provide 230 new Long Day Care, 230 new Family Day Care and 660 new Outside School Hours Care in the next 4 years in high need areas of Canberra.
The Government is considering the release of new land in Tuggeranong for child care purposes for both commercial and community based operators.
(4) The following child care places exist in Tuggeranong at the present time:
Community based Long Day Care = 186
Commercial Long Day Care = 147
Occasional Care = 162
Family Day Care = 734
Outside School Hours Care = 542
TOTAL = 1771
These figures refer to the number of places available but do not reflect the number of children using these places. Part time users share many places particularly in family day care and occasional care. Family day care also
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