Apportioning hours of Child Care Subsidy (CCS) 007-20022042

Customers can choose how many hours of their CCS each service receives if:

• the child is eligible for CCS
• the child is enrolled at 2 or more services at the same time, and
• their eligible hours more than zero

This option lets customers allocate their hours to maximise the amount of subsidy they receive.

They must apportion their total eligible hours between services in whole hours.

It takes effect from the start of the next CCS fortnight.

See the Resources page for an example.

Customers need to contact the Families line if they want to apportion their CCS hours. This option is not available online.

Staff do not currently have access to vary or end current apportion details. See Table 3 on the Process page for details on how to refer customer requests through Roxy Digital Assistant, if the customer:

• has an existing apportionment on the Child Care Service Apportionment (APP) screen, and
• they want to:
• end their current apportionment arrangement, or
• vary their apportionment

This is the default option and processing of CCS entitlement will occur in the order that Attendance Reports are received from the child care service. This happens until all the eligible hours of subsidy are used.

Unused hours apportioned at a service are not 'transferrable' to another child care service. They will not be 'reallocated’ when CCS is balanced at the end of the year.

The arrangement will stop if there are changes to their eligible CCS hours or enrolment.

To cancel or vary an arrangement, customers need to contact straight away. It cannot be backdated.

A retrospective change in eligible CCS hours could result in arrears or a debt. CCS for the period will be reassessed as if the customer did not choose to apportion hours.