Question: If my childcare service needs to employ extra staff, then what options do i have to make sure i receive enough funding to pay them?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Family Day Care and In Home Care
Are Family Day Care and In Home Care educators being asked to take a 50 per cent pay cut?
section_content: No, Relief Package payments to providers are based on the lower of 50 per cent
of service fee revenue or 50 per cent of the Child Care Subsidy hourly rate
cap, based on the fortnight before 2 March 2020.
However, educators may also be eligible for the fortnightly JobKeeper Payment
to cover their wage.
If a Family Day Care or In Home Care educator is not eligible for the
JobKeeper Payment then they may be eligible for an Exceptional Circumstance
Supplementary Payment.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Links to information that appears relevant to the original question.
This gives the direct answer to the question and offers the alternative for the employee to receive payment with the details of how.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package and the Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payment—information for providers and services
Who is eligible for additional funding?
section_content: Providers/services can apply for an Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary
Payment in limited circumstances based on the number of children in
attendance. These include but are not limited to the following:


Insufficient reference period or increase in demand


services were not operating during the reference period

the number of attendances during the reference period is significantly and demonstratively lower than the current number of attendances at the service from 6 April 2020 onwards

a service experiences a significantly higher demand for child care for children of essential workers and/or vulnerable and disadvantaged children during the period 6 April 2020 to 28 June 2020.


JobKeeper ineligibility


providers that are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, including non-government schools, large charities/not for profit organisations, but excluding state and local government services

Family Day Care (FDC) and In Home Care (IHC) educators that were providing care in the reference period that are not eligible for JobKeeper, but who have registered for an Australian Business Number (ABN) by 1 June 2020.
services, excluding state and local government services, that have 30 per cent or more full-time equivalent current employees* who are not eligible for JobKeeper Payment and where the provider or service has not applied for or received another Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payment for these employees.

*current employees means those employed by the provider during the reference period and from 18 May 2020 onwards.
In recognition of the higher costs associated with IHC sessions of care,
providers will be eligible for an Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary
Payment of 20 per cent of the weekly payment calculated on the reference
fortnight base rate. This payment will be made from 18 May 2020. IHC providers
do not need to apply for this payment as it will be made automatically.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has very detailed information about accessing funding to pay additional childcare staff.
This answers the question, but has a lot of extra information to dig through.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Early Childhood Education and Care COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payment – JobKeeper ineligibility – information for providers and services
Some of my staff are ineligible for JobKeeper. Can I get additional support to assist me in paying my staff wages? 
section_content: Services that have a high number of staff ineligible for JobKeeper payments
may be eligible for an Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payment under
the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package. This payment is
designed to assist services to provide care to children of essential workers
and vulnerable and disadvantaged children, as well as meet increased demand
for care.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Succinct explanation of the resources available to pay additional daycare staff.
This offers an option for the employer to use if they have the circumstances without addressing the exact situation.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable