Ongoing intakeCommonwealth of AustraliaGovernment
Connected Beginnings Program
Offered by Department of Education
Ongoing intake
This program accepts applications continuously and the funder publishes no closing date. Ongoing programs do get closed or paused, sometimes without notice, so we watch this one nightly and the alert list is told the day it changes.
Verified against Department of Education's own page on 27 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Funding amount
- Not stated
- Status
- Ongoing intake
- Opened 15 March 2023
- Jurisdiction
- Commonwealth of Australia
- ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
- The date we last read this program on Department of Education's own page.
Who can apply
The funder does not publish a structured list of eligible applicant types for this program. The eligibility criteria in the guidelines on the official page are the ones that count.
Eligibility, in the funder's words
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What the program funds
The objective of Connected Beginnings is to support the integration of early childhood, maternal and child health, and family support services with schools in a number of First Nations communities that are best placed to benefit so that children are well prepared for school.
That description is Department of Education's own wording, reproduced from the official listing under CC BY 4.0 (Australian Government default open licence). Our plain-English summaries are being written program by program and this one has not been done yet.
What it is for
This program is categorised under the following purposes. Each one that has a page of its own links to every other Australian grant we track for the same purpose.
How to apply
Applications for Connected Beginnings Program are made through Department of Education, not through GrantWindow. We do not take applications, charge a fee or act as an intermediary, and any site that offers to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.
Where this came from
Sourced from GrantConnect (grants.gov.au), © Commonwealth of Australia, used under CC BY 4.0.
Confirm details on the official page before applying. GrantWindow records what the funder published and when we read it. We are not the funder and this page is not legal, financial or eligibility advice.