Draft policy and funding guide
Partnership compliance
The OECD may undertake audits or compliance checks of the partner service or provider to understand if they are meeting the core partnership requirements. This may be based on complaints received or be in line with a published audit and compliance framework.
A partner service or partner provider must advise if they:
- have outstanding compliance issues of a serious or ongoing nature that may affect the preschool program or the operation of the service, or
- have had their Commonwealth Childcare Subsidy (CCS) funding withdrawn by the Australian Government, or
- are not meeting the core partnership conditions or their contractual obligations, including where a service’s NQS rating has fallen.
Where a service receives consecutive working towards ratings and cannot demonstrate improvement, OECD reserves the right to vary the requirements of their agreement, including the requirement to undertake a quality improvement program, or the service may be given notice of termination of the funding agreement.