This website has all the information needed to guide you when making a claim to receive child care subsidy. Child care subsidy reduces your our of pocket expenses.

TACAMS (Tharwal Aboriginal Corporation Aboriginal Medical Service) is located in the suburb of Airds in the Macarthur region of South Western Sydney. 

Tharawal Vision Statement

Moving forward to provide a quality service that combines traditional values with commitment to enhance health and wellbeing for Aboriginal communities of the Sydney South Western region. Your Health…..Our Commitment!

Brighter Beginnings – the first 2000 days of life

The NSW Government is giving children the best start in life by providing parents and families with the right information at the right time, improved universal services and targeted support.

EACH provides a range of health, disability, counselling and mental health services across Australia.

Health and wellbeing are significantly and negatively affected by factors such as unemployment, homelessness, financial difficulties, social exclusion and addiction. EACH offer a wide range of supports to assist members of our community to lead happier, healthier lives.

Purchase a My Home Your Home Family Day Care uniform from the comfort of your own home. T-Shirts and Jumpers are available for purchase. Want to make it easier to dress your child in the morning? Why not have a couple of these ready to go. 

Family Day Care Australia is the national peak body for family day care. 

In 1988 to combat drowning, Laurie Lawrence created the Kids Alive – Do the Five water safety program. The Kids Alive community service program educates the public on five important steps to reduce the risk of preschool drowning.

 As we all know, access to the internet by young children should be highly regulated by Educators, Parents and Carers always.

However there is one website that all children should be aware of and be given free access to use it with relative freedom and privacy.

The Kids Helpline website is specifically designed for access by children aged 5-12, it is brightly coloured and uses images to assist young learners to navigate the page with relative ease and limited assistance from adults. There is a wealth of information available on the page as well as information on how they can talk to someone for assistance.

Payments and services to help with the cost of raising a child. Information about child care and child support. Help for teenagers becoming independent.

Reimagine Australia’s purpose is to ensure that children with disability and/or developmental delay, and their families, have every opportunity to reach their potential in life. We do this by supporting families and practitioners, whilst reimagining communities in which we live, work and play through strategic and inclusive design.

This site by Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), Starting Blocks provides parents with information about early childhood education and care. Topics include children's developmental milestones, what to expect from services, and tips on starting childcare and preschool.

Early Childhood Australia has developed a variety of resources for parents including health and nutrition, sleeping, separation anxiety and transitions to school.

This publication has information on preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services.

Contact the Department of Human Services for help with Childcare Subsidy and Additional Childcare Subsidy. From here you can also access your current immunisation records.

This website has information on managing behaviours, settling children into care, information on crying babies and much more.

The National Quality Framework raises quality and drives continuous improvement and consistency in Australian education and care services.

Established in 2012, the NQF applies to most long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten and outside schools hours care services.

Visit this website for important information on how to stay safe when in the sun.

Information regarding child safety at home, on the road, water and in the playground. Also has information regarding recalls and safety alerts, information sheets, resources and program information to help keep children safe.

Information about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) for families.

If you’re looking for tips and ideas to help you nurture your child’s potential, you’ve come to the right place. Learning Potential has hundreds of articles on all aspects of your child’s learning and development, from the early years to the end of high school, with more articles added all the time!

The Education and Care Services National Regulations support the National Law by providing detail on a range of operational requirements for an education and care service.

Free Australian Health you can count on. 24 hour health advice is available on 1800 022 222

The National Quality Framework (NQF) operates under an applied law system, comprising the Education and Care Services National Law and the Education and Care Services National Regulations. The NQF applies to most long day care, family day care, outside school hours care and preschools/kindergartens in Australia.

Vaccination is the best way to protect your children against serious preventable diseases such as polio, measles and whooping cough.

Vaccinating your child on-time is the best way to help protect them against preventable and serious diseases.

The NSW Immunisation Schedule helps parents understand when they should vaccinate their children and is developed to protect children as soon as possible.

Children should be vaccinated as close as possible to the scheduled milestones on the NSW Immunisation Schedule. It’s important you don’t delay vaccination.

Delaying immunisation places children at risk of catching disease and becoming very sick.