Disability Access Fund. Three and four year old children who are in receipt of child disability living allowance and are receiving the free entitlement are eligible for the Disability Access Fund (DAF). DAF is paid to the child’s early years setting as a fixed annual rate of £615 per eligible child, if you are splitting hours with different settings it is important that you please nominate the setting you wish to receive this fund on the parent declaration form and attach a copy of your child’s disability living allowance letter from DWP to the parent declaration form.
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. The DAF is not based on an hourly rate and will be paid as a one-off payment of £615 per 12 month period for each eligible child.
18.3. Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education in order to receive the DAF. Children in receipt of the DAF will be eligible where they take-up any period of free entitlement.
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.
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. 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. 13.1 Schedule 5 details the eligibility for Disability Access Fund and the process to claim the funding.
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 3 on page 5. If yes, provider please tick document check page to confirm you have seen proof of DLA. Then securely email the child’s initial’s only (not their full name) and date of birth and state that you have retained evidence of Child’s being in receipt of Disability Living Allowance to 00xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx with subject title DAF. NB this is a shared inbox, limited to members of the team responsible for processing these claims.’ 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 notes 2 and 3 on page 5 or speak to your childcare provider. Eligibility is verified by BMBC.
