The Building Blocks Capacity Building stream offers grants to help increase capacity through new or expanded kindergartens.
Your project must be for a facility in Victoria that is, or will be, approved to provide a funded Three and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten/Pre-Prep program and must offer or intend to offer both programs.
APPLICATION ADVICE
The Building Blocks Capacity Building Stream is a highly competitive funding program, and organisations need to ensure that their applications make a clear and convincing case for why their project should be funded.
BEFORE YOU APPLY
Please visit Early Childhood Grants to decide on the best Building Blocks grant for your project, or contact us for advice before applying building.blocks@education.vic.gov.au.
Please consider which Building Blocks Capacity grant you are applying for:
- Integrated Children's Centre: These grants provide funding for new community hubs, bringing together a range of professional services to deliver education, care, health and support to children and their families.
- New Early Learning Facility: These grants provide funding for new kindergartens that will offer high-quality early learning for 3 and 4-year-olds.
- Modular Kindergarten Buildings: These grants cover the full cost of high-quality modular buildings. They can be available quickly to meet urgent demand for kindergarten places. They are relocatable, and their quick delivery reduces safety risks, construction time and costs.
- Expansion: These grants provide funding for projects to increase the licenced capacity of kindergartens offering programs for 3 and 4-year-old children.
Refer to the Capacity Building Guidelines 2025 and the Capacity Building Assessment Factsheet found on the VSBA website at Building Blocks Grants - Capacity Building. These documents contain important information about eligibility and your grant application.
Please also read the Frequently Asked Questions.
TO SUPPORT YOUR APPLICATION
In addition to reading the Building Blocks Capacity Building Guidelines and Assessment Factsheet found on the VSBA website we strongly recommend that you:
- respond fully to each question on the application form and provide the required information, documentation and reports
- consider capability to deliver your proposed project within the specified time period after execution of the Victorian Common Funding Agreement (VCFA)
ELIGIBILITY
Your organisation can apply if it is:
- a Victorian local government (Council);
- a not-for-profit community organisation that is a legal entity (for example an incorporated association, incorporated cooperative or Indigenous corporation); or
- a Victorian non-government school registered with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority or Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.
For-profit organisations cannot apply for any grant streams within Building Blocks.
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS and projects on DE Land
Kindergartens on Victorian Government schools are being assessed by the VSBA for suitability for a kindergarten aligned to demand data estimates. Schools are being prioritised based on agreed demand in the relevant Kindergarten Infrastructure Services Plan (KISP). Should a kindergarten be required in your area, the Kindergarten on School Sites (KOSS) team will lead this engagement with schools and other stakeholders.
Therefore, applications for new or expanded early childhood infrastructure on Department of Education (DE) owned land, including schools, are no longer accepted via Capacity and Planning grant applications. Should you wish to discuss a potential new kinder on a school site, or an expansion of an existing kinder on a school site, contact the KOSS team
If you have any queries about your grant application, contact the VSBA Early Childhood Grants team at building.blocks@education.vic.gov.au
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