Assistance to help you with the cost of child care.
Read the full conditions under who can get it.
The Child Care Subsidy assists families with the cost of approved or registered childcare. The Child Care Subsidy that commenced on 2 July 2018:
Approved childcare can include long day care, family day care, outside-school-hours care, vacation care, in-home care and some occasional care services. To find an approved childcare centre near you go to the myChild website or call the Child Care Access Hotline on 1800 670 305 (or 1800 810 586 for TTY service for the hearing or speech impaired).
Registered childcare can include care provided by grandparents, relatives, friends or nannies who are registered as carers with Centrelink. In some cases, it can also include care provided by individuals in private preschools, kindergartens and outside-school-hours services, including before and after-school care, vacation care and holiday programs. Payments for registered care are made as a lump sum payment only. You need to provide all original receipts for the period you are claiming, and you must submit your claim within a year of the care being provided.
To be eligible, the child in your care must be immunised, on an immunisation catch-up schedule, or exempt from immunisation for medical reasons. If you are eligible for the Child Care Subsidy, it will be paid directly to your childcare service. If childcare is not part of your child’s approved Case Plan, then you will have to cover the remainder of the fee, or the ‘gap’, yourself. However, if it is part of the approved Case Plan, FACS or your agency may cover the ‘gap’.
The Child Care Subsidy is the main way the Government assists families with their child care fees.
Our service is approved to offer Child Care Subsidy (CCS) to eligible families and this benefit is paid to the service where the CCS comes off the cost of care. Parents and carers need to have a valid MyGov account and their CRN numbers if they are wanting to claim the CCS. More information can be obtained from the government website www.education.gov.au/ChildCare or on 136 150.
After the enrolment has been setup by the service parents need to accept the enrolment within their MyGov account before the Child Care Subsidy is provided to the service. (See the enrolment process under “Enrolments”)
