The amount of Child Care Subsidy you can get depends on your circumstances.

Use our Payment and Service Finder to estimate how much Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you may get.

To work out how much CCS you’re eligible for we’ll look at all of the following:

• your family’s income
• the hourly rate cap based on the type of approved child care you use and your child’s age
• the hours of activity you and your partner do.

The amount of subsidised child care you can access per fortnight applies to each child.

If you have a CCS overpayment, we may use some of your CCS each fortnight to pay this back. The easiest way to repay money is by using the Money you owe service. This is available in either your Centrelink online account through myGov or your Express Plus Centrelink mobile app. Read more about the steps you can take if you’re ready to start repaying the money you owe.

The amount of Child Care Subsidy you can get depends on your circumstances.

Use our Payment and Service Finder to estimate how much Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you may get.

To work out how much CCS you’re eligible for we’ll look at all of the following:

• your family’s income
• the hourly rate cap based on the type of approved child care you use and your child’s age
• the hours of activity you and your partner do.

The amount of subsidised child care you can access per fortnight applies to each child.

If you have a CCS overpayment, we may use some of your CCS each fortnight to pay this back. The easiest way to repay money is by using the Money you owe service. This is available in either your Centrelink online account through myGov or your Express Plus Centrelink mobile app. Read more about the steps you can take if you’re ready to start repaying the money you owe.

Yes.  Don’t ignore the letters you get from FAO about your child’s immunisation status or your CCS payments could be stopped.  Even if you know your child’s immunisation is up to date, you need to contact FAO to ensure they have the correct information

When your child is away from Kindy, we offer a make up day at no charge (subject to availability) for the day/s he/she has missed attending.  We also ask that you notify the Centre or mark on Owna as soon as possible if your child is absent so we can offer the Make up days to other families.

going to be away.  If your child was suffering from a contagious illness, it will be necessary to provide a doctor’s certificate of clearance upon his/her return to kindy.  As well, you must record on the sign in sheet that your child was absent due to illness.

Children will be excluded from attending the Centre if they are suffering from:

• Vomiting/Diarrhoea – regardless of the cause, they must be excluded for 24 hrs from the last symptom;
• Conjunctivitis – children must be away from the centre until treatment has commenced and discharge from the eyes has ceased (a medical clearance is needed to return);
• Infectious Diseases – children must stay away for the designated period as recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (a medical clearance is needed to return).  To view the recommended minimum exclusion periods for infectious conditions for schools, pre schools and child care centres, click here.
• Headlice – children excluded from the centre until the first treatment has been completed and no live lice are seen.

Children will be excluded when they are not immunised and an outbreak of an immunised disease occurs.  Likewise, if child immunisations records are not current with the office staff and an outbreak of an immunised disease occurs.

If your child has prescribed medications, you must complete a medication form on Owna app.  No medication will be administered to children if it is not in the correct container with clear label or without doctor prescription.