Child Care Benefit
Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate for families
using our Services
We can help you halve your child care
costs. There are significant government funds available to parents
attending our Outside School Hours Care and Holiday Club Services,
regardless of how much you earn.
To claim this assistance, you need to provide us with a Centrelink
Customer Reference Number (CRN) and Date of Birth for yourself and
your children in care.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO START SAVING NOW?
Call our Customer Service Team on phone 1300 105 343 and
select Option 3.
8am - 6pm Monday - Friday (EST)
If you do not know your CRN or have
questions about your eligibility for this funding, please call the
Family Assistance Office on 13 61 50 or visit www.familyassist.gov.au. For
assistance in a language other than English, please call 13 12 02
for the FAO Multilingual Service.
Below is a summary of the two types of Government Funding
available:
CHILD CARE BENEFIT
Child Care Benefit (CCB) is a payment from the Australia
Government that helps you with the cost of your child care.
Who can get Child Care Benefit?
You can get CCB if you are a parent, foster parent or
grandparent with a child in your care who is attending child care
services approved by, or registered with the Government.
You can get Child Care Benefit if:
Please note: if your employer contributes towards some or all of
your child care costs through salary sacrificing or salary
packaging, you will need to determine who has the liability for the
costs. The issue of liability depends on who is obligated to pay
for the child care fees.
How much Child Care Benefit can I get?
The amount you get depends on your
circumstances:
- the type of care you use (approved or registered)
- your income
- the amount of care you use
- the reason you are using care and;
- the number of children you have in care
CHILD CARE REBATE
The Child Care Rebate (CCR) helps working families with the cost of
child care. The CCR covers 50% out-of-pocket child care expenses
for approved child care, with a current rebate of up to $7,778
indexed per child per year, for eligible families.
There are certain requirements you must meet to get the
Child Care Rebate. You must have:
- used approved child care during the year
- been eligible for CCB (entitled at a rate of zero or more)
- passed the CCB work,
training, study test (for purposes of the
rebate)
There is no income test for the Child Care Rebate.
If you are eligible for Child Care Benefit, but your CCB
entitlement is zero due to income, you are still eligible for the
CCR.