Approval of Child Care Providers to Administer the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) Payment to Families - Australian Government

Description

You will need this approval if you intend for the families using your service to be able to claim the CCS payment. CCS is a payment made to families to assist with the costs of child care. Families are able to receive CCS where the care has been provided by a provider and service approved by the Australian Government under the family assistance law.

Types of child care services that are eligible for this approval are:

  • centre-based day care
  • outside school hours care
  • family day care
  • in-home care

Services granted CCS approval report attendances online using the Child Care Subsidy System and payments are made by the Australian Government to the provider who must pass the amounts on to families.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this approval, you may be required to seek approval from the relevant state or territory regulatory authority to operate a child care service and meet the standards of the National Quality Framework (NQF).

Additional eligibility and conditions of CCS approval may vary depending on the type of child care service you intend to provide.

Further details regarding eligibility and application requirements can be found here.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Forms

Act(s) name

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 Australian Government

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

Child Care Subsidy Minister's Rules 2017 Australian Government

Child Care Subsidy Secretary's Rules 2017 Australian Government

Administering agency

Department of Education

Child Care

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.