Appendix B - Key Strategies State-wide trends Strategy Collaboration / Measure of Risks Priority and / issues responsibilities success rationale Improve sustainability High priority Governance and DLGC New governance Reluctance to of community viability model/s for embrace This will result Development managed ECEC challenges for sustainable alternative ways in greater Commissions community ECEC services in of operating services in regional financial managed ECEC regional communities by:- LGAs stability of services. communities is Conducting ECEC ECEC services rolled out services into feasibility Education the future and studies of services provide an proposed operating and models Health services governance Develop, pilot structure that and roll-out will achieve model/s sustainable services. Encourage and New services Reluctance of High priority Limited number of DLGC operating in schools to facilitate the ECEC services rural and share LGAs establishment of new Increased remote areas premises for especially in numbers of services and the WA Department Greater OSH services and remote areas ECEC services number of FDC Reluctance of retention of existing of Education (and increased services services to services, focussing on use of those Schools operating engage with services) would Geographical the rural and remote Higher uptake the driver of Indigenous provide greater issues (and low by parents, this strategy areas which currently opportunities numbers of groups community have limited or no for parents to
Appendix B - Key Strategies State-wide trends / issues Strategy Collaboration / responsibilities Measure of success Risks Priority and rationale Governance and viability challenges for community managed ECEC services. Improve sustainability of community managed ECEC services in regional communities by:- Conducting feasibility studies of proposed models Develop, pilot and roll-out model/s DLGC Development Commissions LGAs ECEC services Education services Health services New governance model/s for sustainable ECEC services in regional communities is rolled out Reluctance to embrace alternative ways of operating High priority This will result in greater financial stability of ECEC services into the future and provide an operating and governance structure that will achieve sustainable services. Limited number of ECEC services especially in and remote areas Geographical issues (and low numbers of Encourage and facilitate the establishment of new services and the retention of existing services, focussing on the rural and remote areas which currently have limited or no DLGC LGAs WA Department of Education Schools Indigenous groups New services operating in rural and remote areas Greater number of FDC services operating Higher uptake by parents, community Reluctance of schools to share premises for OSH services Reluctance of services to engage with the driver of this strategy High priority Increased numbers of ECEC services (and increased use of those services) would provide greater opportunities for parents to
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