14 JulChanges to Child Care Subsidy for new financial year
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) have advised about a range of changes to the Child Care Subsidy Scheme as we move into the new financial year:
- allowable absences reset from 1 July 2021 meaning that all children begin the year with 42 days of allowable absences available to them. Additional absences are available if a Local Area Emergency is declared in their services local government area. In addition, services can waive gap fees until 31 December 2021 for closures due to COVID
- Child Care Subsidy family income thresholds, annual cap and hourly rate caps will be adjusted to reflect consumer price index changes from 12 July 2021, the first CCS fortnight of the new financial year.
- provider eligible Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing) enrolments concluded on 30 June 2021. Services need to create new enrolments under a Complying Written Agreement or a Provider Eligible Arrangement from 1 July 2021.
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