that a value for money review was conducted of the EOCP in 2006-07, which consulted with all stakeholders, including community child care providers, private child care providers, parents, and Government Departments. While largely positive regarding the scheme, it called for the current method of funding to be replaced with a less ad hoc and more transparent system, which would more effectively target funding to disadvantaged groups. The community child care subvention scheme (CCSS) has been developed to provide this framework;

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