Early Years – Childcare changes (England) (3.82)

The following is a summary of changes to support the April 2024 childcare changes.

The changes are included in 3.82 as well as feature updates on both the 3.81 release and the 3.80.100 release.

Eligibility checks
- Running working parent checks for under 3-year-olds through the Provider and Citizen Portal
- Eligibility check result to include the earliest start date and clearer explanation when ‘no term found’
- Viewing previous checks for under 3-year-olds (including a new age column)
- Monitoring checks via the expiration dashboard for under 3-year-olds (including a new age column)
- Automatic rechecks for under 3-year-olds
Headcount
- Ability to record either funded (disadvantaged) or expanded (working parent) funding for 2-year-olds
- Ability to add carer information to 2-year-olds
Payments
- Ability to pay expanded hours for 2-year-olds
Terminology changes
- Changes to labels and text throughout the application e.g. working parent instead of 30-hours (these changes will only be shown if portal labels have not already been locally modified)
EYPP
- Ability to run EYPP checks individually or in bulk for under 3-year-olds
- Ability to pay EYPP against funded or expanded hours for 2-year-olds
DAF
- Ability for providers to apply for DAF for under 3-year-olds
- Ability to pay DAF for eligible 2-year-olds
Carry Over / Update
- Ability to carry over and update expanded hours for 2-year-olds
Apportionments
- Apportionment gets triggered when a 2-year-old claims disadvantaged funded hours at one provider and working parent expanded hours at another provider

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