The National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) was appointed by the Australian Government to administer several Child Care Quality Assurance (CCQA) systems including Family Day Care Quality Assurance (FDCQA) for family day care schemes.

 
The broad objective of the CCQA systems is to ensure that children in care have stimulating, positive experiences and interactions that nurture all aspects of their development. The CCQA systems do this by defining quality child care, providing a way to measure the quality of care provided by the service and identifying areas for ongoing quality improvement.

CCQA is linked to Child Care Benefit payments received by services on behalf of the parents of children in their care. FDCQA is also linked to the Operational Assistance approval for family day care schemes. All services are required to register with NCAC and meet the requirements of the appropriate CCQA system in order to be eligible to receive Child Care Benefit.

 
Steps in the Child Care Quality Assurance Process
 

Services participating in Child Care Quality Assurance (CCQA) are required to achieve and maintain the quality standards required for Accreditation as outlined in the Quality Practices Guide, and progress through the 5 step process outlined in the links below.

Step 1: Registration
Step 2: Self-study and Continuing Improvement
Step 3: Validation
Step 4: Moderation
Step 5: Accreditation Decision
Review of an Accreditation Decision
 

FDCQA Publications available from NCAC 

Quality Practices Guide
Handbook
Self-study Report

Validation Report