The daily rate charged by the childcare service you intend to use

Before we begin

Recognised activity includes paid work, paid and unpaid leave and approved study. For more information, visit 

Recognised activities for Child Care Subsidy - Services Australia


You may be exempt from the Child Care Subsidy activity test if you are the principal carer of your grandchild, unable to work due to a disability or medical condition, or a Carer Payment recipient.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children may be entitled to a minimum of 36 hours of subsidised care, regardless of activity levels. Low income families may be entitled to a minimum of 24 hours of subsidised care per fortnight, regardless of activity levels.
To find out if any other Child Care Subsidy activity test exemptions apply, visit 

Exemptions and Activity level and subsidised care for Child Care Subsidy - Services Australia.

Recognised activities

Annual income is your and your partner’s adjusted taxable income for the whole financial year. For more information, visit 

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About this tool

This quick and easy Child Care Subsidy calculator tool helps you find out what your family might pay for early childhood education and care.

For a more comprehensive estimate across a range of payments, including Child Care Subsidy, Family Tax Benefit and Income Support Payments, see 

Services Australia's Payment and Service Finder.

What is the Child Care Subsidy

Who can receive the Child Care Subsidy

Eligibility and entitlement

Recent changes

Find the right early learning service based on fees, vacancies, quality ratings and inclusions.

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Child Care Subsidy rates are changing soon. 

The amount of Child Care Subsidy you get depends on your circumstances. These estimates are based on the information you provide. To learn more go to 

Child Care Subsidy Calculator

Services are given a rating for each NQS quality area and an overall NQS service quality rating based on these results. The overall rating provides a snapshot of how the service is performing.

Learn more about the assessment and ratings process

Overall rating

Assessment and Ratings Process

Approved children's education and care services across Australia are assessed and rated by their state and territory regulatory authority. The NQS is part of the National Regulations and includes seven quality areas that are important to children's learning and developmental outcomes.

Service Quality Ratings

Last visited by regulatory authority

State and territory regulatory authorities visit services to undertake quality assessment and rating, support quality improvement, monitor compliance, and investigate complaints and incidents.

Regulatory activities

Conditions are an additional requirement that services or providers must comply with.

Conditions

This could be because a service is ‘provisional - not yet assessed’ or be a ‘out of scope’ service.

: This means a service is be new or has undergone significant changes. They are still waiting assessment and rating under the National Quality Framework.

: This means a service offers activities or care outside the National Quality Framework. These services are not rated and not typically eligible for Child Care Subsidy (CCS). They may be subject to other state & territory regulations and may offer alternative funding, grants and fee options.

Contact your service provider to find out more.

Out of scope

This service is currently not rated

For fee and inclusions information, please contact the service directly.

Fees

Fees over time

Shows if the service has vacancies this week. Please contact the service to confirm age group and permanent/casual intake.

General Vacancy

For vacancies information, please contact the service directly.

Vacancies

The maximum number of family day care educators that may be engaged or registered by the approved provider is 25.

•  	The approved provider of a family day care education and care service must ensure that: 
•	Family day care educators engaged by or registered with the service and approved family day care venues, that are located in an area or district of bushfire or at risk of grassfire, close and do not operate on any day declared by the Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner to be a day of ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Danger Rating that applies to the area or district at which the family day care educator’s residence or family day care venue is located.
•	The family day care service’s emergency and evacuation policies and procedures required under regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations include an Emergency Management Plan for managing the services’ and family day care educators’ bushfire and grassfire related risks.
•	The family day care service’s Emergency Management Plan reflects the operating context of the family day care service and its family day care educators, is kept up to date, reviewed at least once each calendar year; and includes:
o	 a list of the service’s emergency contact details
o	procedures for monitoring and managing bushfire risks and events
o	procedures for identifying and managing events that may cause planned, unplanned or pre-emptive closure of the service or family day care educators’ service
o	procedures for notifying families of children enrolled at the service of any closure
o	procedures for reviewing and updating the Emergency Management Plan.
•	The Emergency Management Plan is made available to the Regulatory Authority on request.

Mount Alexander FDC

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Contact information

Opening hours

Regulatory activities

Quality

Overall rating

Overall rating

Quality rating issued

Previous Overall rating

Quality rating issued

Service Quality Ratings

Educational program and practice

Children’s health and safety

Physical environment

Staffing arrangements

Relationships with children

Collaborative partnerships with families and communities

Governance and leadership

Assessment and Ratings Process

Service Quality Ratings

Overall rating

Vacancies

Fees over time

Mount Alexander FDC

Key information

Contact information

Opening hours

Regulatory activities

Quality

Overall rating

Overall rating

Quality rating issued

Previous Overall rating

Quality rating issued

Service Quality Ratings

Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS

Educational program and practice

Children’s health and safetyMeeting NQS

Children’s health and safety

Physical environmentExceeding NQS

Physical environment

Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS

Staffing arrangements

Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS

Relationships with children

Collaborative partnerships with families and communitiesMeeting NQS

Collaborative partnerships with families and communities

Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Governance and leadership

Assessment and Ratings Process

Service Quality Ratings

Overall rating

Vacancies

Fees over time