Families can get Child Care Subsidy (CCS) when their child is absent from a session of care they would normally attend for up to 42 days per financial year. Allowable absences reset on 1 July 2021 for this new financial year. This means that from yesterday all children have 42 absence days available to them.

Do CCS go off?

One year after the financial year ends

We extended how long you had to confirm your 2018-19 income from 30 June 2020 to 31 March 2021. If you got CCS for 2018-19 and didn't confirm your family's income by 31 March 2021, your CCS will have stopped.

At what age does CCS stop?

90) to be eligible for CCS, the child must be aged 13 and under and not attending secondary school.