The amount you pay to receive services depend on your income category.
The principles behind this fee schedule are:
- All recipients should pay according to their individual capacity to pay.
- All income from fees will be directed into Service Delivery.
DHHS indexes fees and income levels in January each year.
2018-19 fee schedule
Find out how much different services cost. You can also download the Community Care Services - Fees and Charges Schedule 2018-2019.
| Low income | Medium Income | High income | |
| Meals ($ per unit) | $9.30 | $9.30 | $18.40 |
| Home care ($ per hour) | $6.20 | $10.20 | $42 |
| Personal Care ($ per hour) | $4.60 | $9.30 | $42 |
| Respite care ($ per hour) | $3.10 | $4.60 | $42 |
| Home maintenance ($ per hour) | $12.40 | $18.50 | $48.80 |
| Social Support ($ per session) - base | $7.70 | $7.70 | $21 |
| Social Support ($ per session) - with meal | $17 | $17 | $39.40 |
| HCPP (formerly CACPS) Social Support ($ per session) - base | $7.70 | $7.70 | $21 |
| HCPP (formerly CACPS) Social Support ($ per session) - with meal | $17 | $17 | $39.40 |
Other charges
- Clients are required to pay the full cost of all home maintenance and interactive gardening materials used
- Kilometres travelled on behalf of clients are charged at $1.08 per km
- The cost of a Social Support session may include an additional fee for meals supplied. If you don’t attend a session where a meal has been ordered, you will be charged for the meal unless there are extenuating circumstances.
- If you cancel a service with less than 24 hours of notice, you will be charged for the service unless there are extenuating circumstances.
- Linkages Fees include Low Level HACC price plus GST. Linkages Social Support fees include HACC Fee for the activity, plus costs for the meal, plus GST
Your income category (2018-19)
Income categories are set by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
| Low income | Medium income | High income | ||
| Individual | < $38,157 | > $38,157 | < $83,487 | > $83,487 |
| Couple | < $58,438 | > $58,438 | < $111,608 | > $111,608 |
| Family - one child | < $64,644 | > $64,644 | < $114,804 | > $114,804 |
| (plus $6,195 per additional child) | ||||