Approved Care
- What is approved care?
- Eligibility requirements for up to 24 hours
- Eligibility requirements for up to 50 hours
- Eligibility requirements for more than 50 hours
What is approved care?
It is child care approved by the Australian Government because it meets certain standards and requirements. This includes having a licence to operate, qualified and trained staff, being open certain hours, and meeting health, safety and other quality standards. Most long day care, family day care, before and after school care, vacation care, some occasional care and some in home care child care services are approved child care providers. Your child care service can tell you if they are an approved provider.
To find an approved child care service and information on vacancies in your area, you can ring the Child Care Access Hotline on 1800 670 305 (TTY 1800 639 327) between 8am and 9pm AEST Monday to Friday or search the My Child website.
The amount of Child Care Benefit you get for approved child care depends on:
- the amount of care you use
- your Child Care Benefit percentage, and
- if your child is a school child or a non-school child.
Eligibility requirements for up to 24 hours
You can get up to 24 hours of Child Care Benefit per child per week if you are eligible for Child Care Benefit and are using an approved child care service.
Eligibility requirements for up to 50 hours
You can get up to 50 hours per child per week if you are eligible for Child Care Benefit, using an approved child care service, if both you and your partner are working or looking for work, training, studying or have an exemption from this requirement. For more information see the work, training, study test.
Eligibility requirements for more than 50 hours
You can get more than 50 hours of Child Care Benefit per child per week if you and your partner are both unavailable (at the same time) to care for your child(ren) for more than 50 hours a week due to work, study or training commitments (including travel to and from work) or if your family is experiencing exceptional circumstances. Contact us for more information.
This information is a guide only. For a personal assessment, use the secure online Family Assistance Estimator.
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