Child Care Subsidy
Assistance to help you with the cost of child care.
To get Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you must:
- care for a child 13 or younger who's not attending secondary school, unless an exemption applies
- use an approved child care service
- be responsible for paying the child care fees
- meet residency and immunisation requirements.
Read the full conditions under who can get it.
If you’re doing less work, study or other recognised activity because of coronavirus (COVID-19), you can apply for extra CCS hours.
CCS replaced Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate when they stopped on 1 July 2018.
Page last updated: 15 February 2021
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