The Victorian Government’s Parent Portal brings trusted services and information together in one tool, via the Service Victoria app and website.
Child and family services professionals play an important role in connecting families with reliable information and services. You can help by encouraging parents and carers to explore Parent Portal as part of their early years journey.
With Parent Portal, families can:
- Access a digital version of their child’s ‘green book’
- Register a birth and apply for a digital birth certificate
- Create and manage a profile for their child, and share securely
- Find local kindergartens and primary schools
- Connect with support services at each stage of development
Parent Portal helps families be confident about what comes next during the early years.
Parents and carers can get started by downloading the Service Victoria app or visiting service.vic.gov.au/parent-portal For support, call 1300 366 356 (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday).
Uniting Vic Tas is hosting on online workshop for parents on understanding your child’s behaviour and emotional development. Explore how the brain grows, why big feelings can take over and how parents can respond in calm and helpful ways. August 20th at 6:30pm, see flyer to register.
On February 5th 2025 the Australian Government introduced legislation to give children access to 3 days a week of subsided early childhood education and care.
Should legislation pass, from next year families can get at least 72 subsidised hours of care each fortnight for each child. This is regardless of how much work, training, study or volunteering they do. Families caring for First Nations children will get 100 hours of subsidised care each fortnight for each child.
More information for families and child care providers will be developed and distributed in the coming months.