2025 Start Strong for Long Day Care – calculating fee relief
Case study 1 – 4YO+ Fee Relief Payment
A family sends their child, with a birthdate of 3 May 2020, to a long day care preschool program with a daily session fee of $110. They do not receive the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), leaving the family to pay a daily fee of $110. The child attends the service 4 days a week, for a total weekly fee of $440. The service operates for 49 weeks per year and does not charge any additional fees.
Calculating 4YO+ Fee Relief Payment over 49 weeks
| Steps | Payment |
|---|---|
| 1. Confirm the child's eligibility. | The child is eligible for 4YO+ Fee Relief as the child's birthdate is on or before 31 July 2021. |
| 2. Calculate weekly fee relief available to child. | $2,174 assessed over 49 weeks = $44.37 available to this family per week. |
| 3. Calculate weekly fee after CCS applied. | $110 x 4 days = $440 |
| 4. Apply fee relief to weekly fee. | $440 - $44.37 = family to pay $395.63. |
Case study 2 – 4YO+ Fee Relief Payment
A family sends their child, with a birthdate of 16 June 2021, to a long day care preschool program with a daily session fee of $137. They receive the CCS, leaving the family to pay a daily gap fee of $26.45. The child attends the service one day a week, for a total weekly fee of $26.45. The service operates for 52 weeks per year and does not charge any additional fees.
Calculating 4YO+ Fee Relief Payment over 52 weeks
| Steps | Payment |
|---|---|
| 1. Confirm the child's eligibility. | The child is eligible for 4YO+ Fee Relief as the child's birthdate is on or before 31 July 2021. |
| 2. Calculate weekly fee relief available to child. | $2,174 accessed over 52 weeks = $41.81 available to this family per week. |
| 3. Calculate weekly fee after CCS. | $26.45 x 1 days = $26.45 |
| 4. Apply fee relief to weekly fee. | $26.45 - $41.81 = $15.36 Surplus Funds, family to pay $0. |
| 5. Apply Surplus Funds to additional fees imposed on the child. | No additional fees. $15.36 remaining as Surplus Funds. |
| 6. Apply remaining Surplus Funds. | $15.36 may be used to further reduce the fees for eligible children at the discretion of the service. |
Case study 3 – 3YO Fee Relief Trial Payment
A family sends their child, with a birthdate of 28 June 2022, to a long day care preschool program with a daily session fee of $115. They do not receive the CCS, leaving the family to pay a daily fee of $115. The child attends the service 2 days a week, for a total weekly fee of $230. The service operates for 50 weeks per year and does not charge any additional fees.
Calculating 3YO Fee Relief Trial Payment over 50 weeks
| Steps | Payment |
|---|---|
| 1. Confirm the child's eligibility. | The child is eligible for 3YO Fee Relied as the child's birthdate is between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022. |
| 2. Calculating weekly fee relief available to child. | $515 accessed over 50 weeks = $10.30 available to this family per week. |
| 3. Calculate weekly fee after CCS. | $115 x 2 days = $230 |
| 4. Apply fee relief to weekly fee. | $230 - $10.30 = $219.70 remaining for the family to pay. |
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