Finding information in Pourato
Pourato contains funding information for early learning services.
Some funding information will continue to be provided via the Secure Data Portal: Waha Rumaki and Pacific Immersion Teacher’s Allowance (PITA) funding notices and Targeted Funding eligibility letters.
Use the visual guides on Pourato training and guides | Applications & Online Systems to understand the screens and information in Pourato.
Navigate Pourato
Pourato allows you to view funding information at a service provider level and at an individual service level. If you’re viewing information for a service and you want to navigate back to the service provider, right-click on the Service Provider name in the header information for the service.
Use the table below to find information in Pourato from the landing page:
| To find... | From the navigation bar, click… |
| Provider level information | |
| All payments and the downloadable payment file | Funding. Defaults to the Payments tab. |
| All funding | Funding > Funding Overview. |
| Audit adjustments to funding | Funding > Funding Overview. Check column heading Audit for any payment or recovery. |
| Profile information | This is the default screen when you open Pourato. To get back to this screen, click on the black and white Pourato logo in the top left corner. |
Requests related to any of the following forms you have submitted: Early Childhood Funding Return (RS7) Initial Application for Funding for an Early Childhood Service (RS3) Transitional Advance form (EC20) Salary scale attestation (EC20a) | Requests tab. You can search, sort and filter the list.
If you have resubmitted an RS7 return, the status of the original request you submitted will show as Superseded and your funding will be calculated using the latest return. |
| To find... | From the navigation bar, click... |
| Service level information | |
| List of services | Provider Details > Service List. |
| Individual service | Provider Details > Service List > click on the service.
You can also use the search bar at the top of the screen to search for a service by name or centre number. |
| Licence details | Navigate to the service > Licence Details. |
| Service funding, including rates | Navigate to the service > Funding. The Overview screen displays by default.
Expand a funding component and click on the blue underlined value in the Rates column to see the rates used to calculate funding.
Scroll to the bottom of the page to view Funding Rate History.
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| Payments to a service | Navigate to the service > Funding > Payment Summary. |
| Audit adjustments to funding | Navigate to the service > Funding > Overview.
The Audit dropdown displays the actual funding the service received, the audit result, and the amount of the payment or recovery made. If an audit adjusts ATIS or Equity Funding, expand those dropdowns to view audit details. |
Requests related to any of the following forms you have submitted: Early Childhood Funding Return (RS7) Initial Application for Funding for an Early Childhood Service (RS3) Transitional Advance form (EC20) Salary scale attestation (EC20a) | Navigate to the service > Requests. You can search, sort and filter the list.
If you have resubmitted an RS7 return, the original RS7 you submitted will have the status Superseded and your funding will be calculated using the latest RS7. |
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