Child Care
30% Child Care Tax Rebate
The 30% child care tax rebate covers 30% of your out-of-pocket child care expenses for approved child care. For child care costs incurred in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 financial years, the Child Care Tax Rebate is claimed through the Tax Office.
Child Care Access Hotline (PDF, 232KB)
The Child Care Access Hotline on 1800 670 305 provides information to help people choose a child care service that meets their needs. Various child care options such as long day care, family day care, in-home care, outside school hours care, and occasional care are explained so that people can make an informed choice. The hotline also provides information on possible child care vacancies in local areas.
Child Care Benefit
This page from the Family Assistance Office helps you find out if you can get Child Care Benefit and how much you can get.
Child Care Benefit Ready Reckoner
To approximate how much Child Care Benefit a family could receive, apply the appropriate percentage from this ready reckoner table as explained in your Child Care Service Handbook.
Child Care Tax Rebate
The Child Care Tax Rebate helps families with the cost of child care. The Child Care Tax Rebate covers 30% of out-of-pocket child care expenses for approved child care, with a rebate of up to $4,000 (indexed) per child per year, for eligible recipients.
Families and Children
This page from the National Childcare Accreditation Council provides links to information for families. Includes links to a search for a child care service; a Family Information Kit that outlines what to look for in quality child care; information on points to consider when looking for a child care service and information about lodging a complaint about a child care service
Information for Families Using Child Care
This downloadable fact sheet kit aims to assist families to access the support and services required to make important, and sometimes complex, child care decisions. The fact sheets include information on Child Care Benefit; Child Care Tax Rebate; Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance; Child Care Support program; and Child Care Access Hotline.
Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance
JET Child Care fee assistance provides extra help with the cost of approved child care for eligible parents undertaking activities such as work, job search, training, study or rehabilitation as part of an activity agreement, to help them enter or re-enter the workforce.
Office of Early Childhood Education and Child Care
The Office of Early Childhood Education and Child Care is responsible for delivering a nationally-consistent system of quality, accessible and affordable early childhood education and child care for all Australian families, as well as guiding major national policy reform.
Search for a Child Care Service (National Childcare Accreditation Council)
The National Childcare Accreditation Council maintains a register of long day care centres and family day care schemes. Here you can find the contact details and accreditation status of child care throughout Australia.
