To ensure that Access and Inclusion (AIM) supports are in place for eligible children for the 2025/26 programme call, please submit your AIM Level 4 and Level 7 applications as early as possible.

Please note, in order for service providers to receive payment for AIM Standard supports, a child must have an active ECCE registration in that service.

In order to receive payment for AIM additional hours (AIM Plus/ AIM Non-term) a child must have:

• An approved AIM Standard application in the setting they are attending for ECCE and an active ECCE registration.
• An approved AIM Plus/Non-term application in the setting they are attending for hours outside of ECCE and a confirmed NCS claim in place.

Please note, where a child is availing of AIM Plus/Non-term in a different service to AIM Standard, please contact the child’s parents/legal guardians/carers to ensure an ECCE registration has been submitted in the setting the child is attending for ECCE.

Support 

Should you have any funding queries in relation to the AIM programme, please contact the Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC) by raising a Request using the following categories:

• Programme: AIM Level 7
• Request type: Funding
• Request type detail: (select the relevant option)