Disability Access Fund Clause Samples

Disability Access Fund. 18.1. The Disability Access Fund (DAF) helps registered early years settings make initial adjustments and improve their ability to support disabled children. DAF cannot be used to cover childcare costs. 18.2. DAF is not based on an hourly rate. Instead, it is paid as a one-off lump sum payment for each eligible child, which covers a 12-month period. The current DAF funding rate can be found on the Bracknell Forest website 18.3. Children do not need to take up the full 570 hours of entitlement funding to be eligible for DAF. As long as the child takes up any amount of entitlement funding, they will qualify.

Disability Access Fund. ● The government has recently introduced an annual payment to childcare providers that are delivering the majority of care to a child in receipt of Disability Living Allowance. Parents/carers can choose which provider can receive this by claiming it on the Free Entitlement Funding Form given out at the beginning of term.

Disability Access Fund. Complete the DAF section of the PDF • Submit a copy of the DLA entitlement letter with the application on the provider portal

Disability Access Fund. From April 2017 the Government has introduced a new funding measure for early years providers, the Disability Access Fund (DAF), to support children with disabilities. The DAF aids access to early years places by, for example, supporting providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and/or helping with building capacity (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting).

Disability Access Fund. Identify children who may be eligible for DAF • Complete the DAF section of the PDF • Submit a copy of the DLA entitlement letter and completed PDF with the application on the provider portal

Disability Access Fund. Three and four-year-old children who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and are receiving the universal free entitlement are eligible for the Disability Access Fund (DAF). DAF is paid to the child’s early years provider as a fixed annual rate of £615 per eligible child. Parent/carers are required to submit evidence of their child’s DLA award letter to the childcare provider to support the claim for DAF funding. This will be retained on file. Is your child eligible and in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)? □ Yes □ No Only one childcare provider can receive the DAF for your child each financial year. If you move setting, this cannot be paid to another provider until the following financial year. If your child is sharing their free entitlement across two or more providers, please nominate the main early years provider where the council should pay the DAF. Nominated childcare provider to receive DAF: Copy of DLA letter received by setting (Y/N) Copy of document taken by (staff member): Date: You must complete this agreement form with each childcare provider your child is attending for their free early education entitlement of 15 or 30 hours per week to ensure funding is paid fairly between them. Your child can attend a maximum of two different sites in a single day. Childcare provider name(s) Hours accessed at childcare provider(s) (funded/paid) Hours attended per day Total hours per week Number of weeks per year (e.g. 38, 45, 51) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri For children accessing for 30 hours free childcare, please declare the childcare provider where your child is attending for their universal hours and their additional hours. Childcare provider 1 Childcare provider 2 Childcare provider 3 Universal hours Additional hours Declaration The parent / carer understands and agrees the following;

Disability Access Fund. If your child is 3 or 4, is receiving child Disability Living Allowance and is receiving the free entitlement, he or she is eligible for the Disability Access Fund (DAF). DAF is paid to your child’s early years provider. The purpose of DAF is to support providers to make reasonable adjustments and build the capacity of their setting to support children with disabilities. See note 2 on page 9. Additional funding may be available through the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), paid to early years providers for the provision of extra support for your child. EYPP is used to improve teaching and learning facilities and resources so as to impact positively on your child’s progress and development. See note 3 on page 9 or speak to your childcare provider.

Disability Access Fund. 18.1. The Disability Access Fund (DAF) supports registered early years settings to make initial reasonable adjustments and to build the capacity of their setting to support disabled children. DAF must not be used for childcare costs. 18.2. DAF is not based on an hourly rate and will be paid as one lump sum payment per 12-month period for each eligible child. The current funding rate for DAF is available on the Bracknell Forest website 18.3. Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of entitlement funding to receive the DAF. Children in receipt of DAF will be eligible where they take-up any period of entitlement. • the child receives entitlement funding

Disability Access Fund. Parents of children who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance DLA and are receiving their 3 and 4 year old funded entitlement can apply for the Disability Access Fund (DAF) to be paid to a provider. Disability Access Fund is paid to the child’s early year provider as a fixed annual rate of £615. Funding can only be paid to one provider. The funding aids access to early years places, it should help towards making reasonable adjustments and/or helping with building capacity, be that for your child, or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting. If your child is in receipt of Disability living Allowance please tick the relevant boxes below and ask your provider for information on how to make an application. My child has been awarded Disability living Allowance I intend making an application for funding to go to the provider named in this form I do not intend making an application for funding to be paid to the provider named in this form You need to agree and complete a Parent Agreement Form with each setting your child attends for their early years funded entitlement of 15 or 30 hours per week. Your child can attend a maximum of two sites in a single day and if your child attends more than 1 setting Bradford Council will split the funding paid to each setting. If you are eligible for 30 hours, 15 hours are universal hours and 15 hours are extended hours. You need to indicate in the table below where your universal and extended hours will be accessed. This is particularly important if you become ineligible for the extended hours as you would still be entitled to the universal 15 hours. My child is attending the following settings/providers: Name all providers including school nurseries Total no. of hours per week No. of weeks per year (e.g. 38, 45, 51) No. of Universal hours per week No. of Extended hours per week Declaration I (Full name) _________________________________________________________ authorise (name of provider)_______________________________________to check my child’s eligibility using official documents provided by myself and by using Bradford Council’s checking systems authorise the above provider to claim early years funding as agreed above on behalf of my child understand I cannot access a place with a registered childminder if my child is a relative of the childminder (a 'relative’, in relation to a child, means a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or sister, whether of the full blood or half blood or by marriage or ...