National Family Day Care Week 2024. Parents will get an additional 10 weeks of shared leave to care for their infants when a new scheme is fully implemented on apr 1, 2026, announced prime. It's family day care week and care for kids recognises our incredible family day care educators and the work they do welcoming families across australia into their homes.

Family day care is a critically essential service type for so many families and it is timely to acknowledge and celebrate all fdc educators and services during the national family day care week (2 to 7 may). National family day care week recognises and promotes the important role family day care educators and services play in the development and wellbeing of more than 75,000 children across australia.