Is There Any Help With The Cost of Child Care?

Parents who are eligible for the Federal Government’s Child Care Benefit subsidy will only be required to pay the daily gap fee applicable to their financial circumstances.

All of our centres are registered for the Commonwealth Government Child Care Benefit scheme, to help reduce your weekly fees.
Fees can be a minimum amount per day depending on the level of Child Care Assistance you may receive.

Our fees start from $62.50 per day which means at our centres, many parents may be eligible for full days of childcare without having to pay any gap fee.

Currently if you are on 100% CCB (earning $37,960 per year) you could be still paying up to $26.50 extra per day (whilst on 100% CCB) at our competitors centres out of your own pocket, and having to wait for a quarterly 50% Childcare rebate.

Many parents are telling us they are saving anywhere from  $1000 to $9880 a year of out of pocket expenses after they receive their Childcare Rebate by attending our centres due to our reasonable pricing.

Child Care Benefit (‘CCB’) is a payment made to families to assist with the cost of child care. This subsidy is ‘means tested’ and managed by the Family Assistance Office (‘FAO’). Parents should contact Centrelink on 136 150 to discuss their eligibility. The CCB is then subtracted from full fees owing to leave a gap fee which is the amount families pay to the Centre each week for childcare.
A recipient of the CCB can choose to receive the subsidy in one of two ways:

• As a ‘Weekly Fee Reduction’; or

• As a ‘Lump Sum’ after the Australia Taxation Office (‘ATO’) has processed their tax return.

The FAO will notify the Centre of your nominated method. If you choose a weekly reduction in fees the FAO will inform both the Centre and yourself in writing of your CCB percentage. The Centre will then calculate the adjusted fee for your Family and issue you with your weekly account. Please note your account will show full fees until the Centre is notified by FAO of your CCB percentage. CCB entitlement will be taken from the date that the Centre is notified by Centrelink.  CCB entitlement can only be backdated the allowable 28 days, so failure to notify the FAO of your child’s attendance at our centre within the specified time frame can result in you not being able to claim CCB. Families claiming CCB as a ‘weekly fee reduction’ with a child who exits the Centre prior to the end of the notice period will be charged the full schedule fee.  CCB entitlement for this period must then be claimed directly through Centrelink. 

For more information contact Centrelink:
Telephone:   136150
Website : www.centrelink.gov.au

Our Fees policy are:
• Fees must be paid two weeks in advance.
• Accounts in arrears over four weeks may result in cancellation of your booking.

Calculating your daily fee is done by a formula set by the Family Assistance Office. The FAO will advise you by letter what your CCB percentage is based on their calculated daily fee for child care. It's similar to the Medicare system – there is a schedule fee and then the actual fee. Our administration staff can give you an estimate of what your actual daily fee will be, if you know your Child Care Benefit percentage.