Founded in 2022, the Childcare Leadership Alliance (CLA) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to addressing the unique childcare challenges faced by regional communities.

The CLA strategically enables and supports the provision of high-quality, sustainable early childhood and school-age care in regional Queensland. From 2022 to 2024, the CLA piloted a number of strategies in Moranbah and Dysart, Central Queensland, demonstrating a proven process for identifying the root causes of regional childcare issues and implementing sustainable, place-based initiatives that increase educator recruitment and retention, decrease waitlists and increase occupancy.

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Who are we?

What are we working on?

Our Publications

Our Vision

Our vision is that all regional Queensland communities have access to stable, sustainable and high quality early childhood and school age care.

Our Mission

Our mission is to implement at scale solutions to local community issues to help strategically enable the provision of early childhood and school age care in regional Queensland communities.

Our Values

Equitable Access

Knowledge Sharing

Respect

Professionalism

Transparency

Commitment

Collaboration

Innovation

Flexibility

Our Board

Melissa
Westcott

Chair

Chris
Wright

Treasurer

Amanda
Stephan

Secretary

Sandy
Moffat

Board Member – Dysart Community Representative