New Child Care Subsidy Rates from 12 July

July 2nd, 2021 Latest News

The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) rates are adjusted at the start of each financial year based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

From 12 July 2021, the CCS family income thresholds, annual cap and hourly rate caps will change.

You and your families can find all the CCS rate changes on the DESE website here.

For your convenience, we advise that the hourly rate caps are as follows:

Service type	Hourly rate cap (children below school age)	Hourly rate cap (school-aged children)
Centre Based Day Care	$12.31	$10.77
Outside School Hours Care	$12.31	$10.77
Family Day Care	$11.40
In Home Care (per family)	$33.47