Child Care Subsidy

ENROLMENTS

About the Child Care Subsidy

The Australian government provides eligible families with a Child Care Subsidy to help cover the cost of child care fees.

How does the CCS work?

Text: The amount your Child Care Subsidy will depend on three things:

Your combined family income
Your combined family income is your family’s annual adjusted taxable income.
Parent’s recognised activity level
This is the amount of “recognised activity” you and your partner undertake each fortnight.

“Recognised activities” include: paid work (including leave), studying and training, unpaid work in your family business, looking for work, volunteering, self-employment or other activities on a case-by-case basis.
Hours of Activity & the childcare fees you pay
The higher the number of hours of recognised activity you do, the more hours subsidised care you can access. The maximum number of hours of childcare you can access each fortnight is 100 hours.

Set out below is an indicative table of the number of hours of childcare which will be subsidised based on your combined family income and hours of activity.

Annual Family Income	Hours of Recognised Activity per fortnight	Hours of CCS received per fortnight
Up to $66,958 p.a.	8 hrs or less	24 hours
	8 hrs to 16 hours	36 hours
	16 hours to 48 hours	72 hours
	48 hours or more	100 hours
Between $66,958 p.a. and $341,248 p.a.	8 hrs or less	Nil
	8 hrs to 16 hours	36 hours
	16 hours to 48 hours	72 hours
	48 hours or more	100 hours

Annual Subsidy Cap

Families earning $186,958 or less will have no cap on the amount of Child Care Subsidy they can claim. Families earning over $186,958 and under will benefit from an increase in the current cap of $7,613 to $10,190 per child, per year.

How much is my childcare subsidy?

You can calculate how much Child Care Subsidy you are eligible to receive through this link.

Other requirements before you can receive your subsidy

Before you can qualify for the childcare subsidy, you must be registered through the mygov website.