Child Care Subsidy implications and Allowable absences (42 per financial year)

If your child has not attended child care for 14 weeks in a row, both of the following will apply:

• your enrolment with the child care service will end.
• Centrelink will not pay any absences after the last day your child physically attended care.

This means that if you child was booked but did not attend the first or last session within the last 14 weeks, any subsidy that was paid originally will be revoked by Centrelink, and a statement will be generated in your TeamKids account and processed on the Wednesday charge run.

Read more about what happens if Centrelink end your enrolment.

PLEASE NOTE: This charge may occur 14 weeks after the holidays have finished. Remember this only applies to a cancelled session, without a medical certificate, on your first and last day of attendance.

**42 ALLOWABLE ABSENCE RULE**

• Services Australia will only subsidise up to 42 absences per financial year.

• Any absences above this limit will not be subsidised and the parent/carer will be required to pay the full fee

• Additional Absences can be applied for under certain circumstances

• Further information on Additional Absences can be found here