The Australian Government will provide a one-off $10,000 to early childhood education and care services (ECEC) affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
The ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred support payment will be available for Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved services that:
- are in a local government area (LGA) covered by a CCS period of emergency
- closed, or partially closed, for 8 days or more during the period of emergency
- agree to waive gap fees for families while closed during the period of emergency.
The payment will be available to all service types, including Centre Based Day Care, Outside School Hours Care, Family Day Care and In Home Care.
We will provide more information to providers of services in the affected LGAs soon.
To make sure we know if your service is in one of the affected LGAs, please ensure you have updated your contact details in the Child Care Subsidy System via the Provider Entry Point (PEP) or your third-party software.
See our website for more information on the:
- regions and timeframes where the period of emergency applies
- details of other support available during and after a period of emergency.
Support for families
Families in affected regions can receive unlimited additional absences. This means they will not exhaust their ordinary allocation of subsidised absences for the year as a result of the emergency.