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Fee Schedule for Family Day Care

Child Care Benefit

The Child Care Benefit (CCB) is a payment made by the Commonwealth Government to assist families with the cost of quality care. To register for Child Care Benefit you need to contact the Family Assistance office on 136 150.

NOTE: If parent payment is not made at the end of each week, care may cease until debt is paid.

Hours	Fees	Hours	Fees	Hours	Fees	Hours	Fees	Hours	Fees
1	5.65	11	62.15	21	118.65	31	175.15	41	229.60 (5.60)
2	11.30	12	67.80	22	124.30	32	180.80	42	233.10 (5.55)
3	16.95	13	73.45	23	129.95	33	186.45	43	236.50 (5.50)
4	22.60	14	79.10	24	135.60	34	192.10	44	239.80 (5.45)
5	28.25	15	84.75	25	141.25	35	197.75	45	243.00 (5.40)
6	33.90	16	90.40	26	146.90	36	203.40	46	246.10 (5.35)
7	39.55	17	96.05	27	152.55	37	209.05	47	249.10 (5.30)
8	45.20	18	101.70	28	158.20	38	214.70	48	252.00 (5.25)
9	50.85	19	107.35	29	163.85	39	220.35	49	254.80 (5.20)
10	56.50	20	113.00	30	169.50	40	226.00	50	257.50 (5.15)

Booked Care

Casual Care

Public Holiday

Admininstration Levy (retained by co-ordination unit)

Standard Hours

7.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday
Standard Hours - Refer to above table

Standard Hours

7.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday

All care provided on a
public holiday

= $12.00 per hour

Capped at $16.00 per child
and $30.00 family per week

= .45c per hour/per child

Non Standard Hours

All hours before 7.30am and after 5.30pm Mon to Fri
Plus Weekend hours
= $6.00 per hour

Non Standard Hours

5.30pm - 7.30am Monday to Friday
= $6.00 per hour

Note:

Only standard hours over 40 hours per week are rounded up at the end of each week
There is a minimum booking of hours per day (excludes casual care) - five hours for non school children and two hours for school children.

Meals / Travel

Breakfast = $3.80
Lunch = $3.80
Dinner = $4.80
Snacks = $2.80 (Each) -- Max. 2 per day
Travel = $1.00 per kilometre. Travel to school and kindergarten is charged only on one child per family if all attend the same venue. Kilometres are rounded up at the end of the week.

Communication Fee - (booked care only)
Failure to notify the educator of any changes prior to 15 minutes of the booked time may attract a penalty rate of $5.00.

Note: - CCB is not paid on the penalty rate.

Formula for calculation:

Non-School Children	School Children
Non Standard hours and Standard hours up to 37.5 hours $5.20 x Hrs x CCB %	Non Standard hours and Standard hours up to 37.5 hours $5.20 x Hrs x CCB % x 85%
Standard hours over 37.5 hours $195.00 x CCB%	Standard Hours over 37.5 hrs $195.00 x CCB% x 85%

Clarification of Absences and Holding Fees

Each child is entitled to 42 absences per financial year (includes public holidays, sick days etc)

A = Full Session
B = First Session (school children only)
C = Second Session (school children only)

a) School Children
When absent, a school child’s normal booking time is what the majority of the booking is:

Before and after school (BAS) hours booking times during school terms (40 weeks of the year) will be the holding fees in holidays (which includes a public holiday) if care is not needed and if advised at least one week before holidays commencing.
If a school child has a curriculum day and does not attend family day care it is counted as an ‘A’ absence.
If school holiday care is required (long day hours) and a public holiday falls in that time – a holding fee on those ‘long day hours’ is charged.
Some bookings may be for school holiday care only and if it includes a public holiday – a holding fee on those ‘normally booked’ hours is charged.
Families are to give at least 1 weeks notice if holiday care is required. If notice is not given, the holding fee is on the long day rather than the BAS hours.

Note: Please ensure a ‘Booked and Contracted Hours’ form is completed prior to any care commencing and both parties are accepting of the booking arrangements. Also, please be aware that school children can only access 85% of the CCB entitlement on all charges (as directed by Department of Human Services).

b) Pre-school Children
When absent from booked care, a pre school child’s booking time is applied as a holding fee for their absences on all booked days – including public holidays.

Public Holidays (PH)
A holding fee for a PH is applied when the PH falls on a ‘booked’ care day.

Back Up Care
If back up care is offered to families, the booking arrangement will be based on the days that are required as per written contract (eg may not be a complete block of days and generally would not include a PH). Once this booking has been made, if a child is absent, a holding fee will then be applied to that absent booked day.

Please ensure a ‘Booked and Contracted Hours’ form (yellow for preschool and green for schoolies) is completed prior to any care commencing – including backup care.

Holding Fees

All absences are charged at the normal rate and CCB is paid for 42 allowable absences, across all services per financial year (which includes Public Holidays and illness).
When a child is absent due to family leave, fees need to be paid in advance and timesheets are to be signed in advance.
If the educator is unavailable to provide the care – no fee is charged.

Very Important Note:

Using a Back up FDC Educator
Childcare Benefit can only be paid towards one FDC Educator at one time. Therefore if you are required to return to your ‘normally booked’ FDC Educator at a specific date but remain at the back up FDC Educator (or return earlier than arranged) – a full fee will be applied to one FDC Educator’s fees (No Childcare Benefit).

To avoid this – please discuss any change to back up care arrangements with the co-ordination unit staff prior to making a decision.

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Fee Schedule - effective from 2 July 2012