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The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is an Australian Government program that helps families with the cost of childcare. If you're eligible, CCS can significantly reduce your out-of-pocket childcare expenses, making quality early childhood education and care more accessible for your family. Here's everything you need to know about how CCS works and how to make the most of it.
The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is an Australian federal government subsidy provided to eligible families to reduce the cost of childcare fees.
The amount of CCS you can claim depends on your circumstances, including income, activity hours (work, study, volunteering, or job searching), and the number of children in your care. Visit Services Australia for more details and examples.
From January 2026, the Australian Government will remove the CCS Activity Test, guaranteeing families at least 72 hours of subsidised early childhood education and care (ECEC) per fortnight, regardless of their activity hours. For more information, view the Fact Sheet - 3 Day Guarantee – Early Education - Department of Education, Australian Government.
Services Australia pays the subsidy directly to C&K, reducing families' out-of-pocket fees. This means that your childcare fees are automatically reduced, and you only pay the gap amount. Until your CCS has been approved and commenced, C&K requires full payment of your childcare fees.
Based on individual circumstances, families can access up to 100 hours of subsidised care a fortnight through CCS. At C&K, we appreciate that each family is different with individual needs. We offer flexible booking options designed to help you maximise your CCS and access to early childhood education and care while minimising out-of-pocket costs.
Our childcare centres offer three options: a full-day session, a 10-hour session, and a 9-hour session. Our 9- and 10-hour sessions work with your schedule and start once your child is signed in; they do not have set start and finish times. Example: John and Laura are a couple with one child attending a C&K childcare centre. They are entitled to 100 hours CCS per fortnight. They maximise their CCS by choosing 10-hour sessions, resulting in all their childcare hours being fully subsidised (10 days a fortnight x 10 hours a day = 100 hours). Should John and Laura choose the full-day session instead, they would pay the full hourly rate for hours exceeding their 100-hour CCS entitlement.
Visit the Services Australia website to start the claim process.
For more information regarding CCS applications and payments: Visit Services Australia or call their Family Assistance Line on 136 150.
For assistance maximising CCS with flexible booking at C&K Queensland centres: Contact our Service Support team to discover how our flexible session options can help reduce your out-of-pocket childcare costs.
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