Early Childhood Services Management

Kindergarten Fee Subsidy

The kindergarten fee subsidy payment totals $751.20, or $187.80 per term. It is paid to kindergarten services as part of normal payment processes.

From 1 January, 2008 a new Kindergarten fee subsidy/fees policy applies which provides operational guidelines for services administering the fees subsidy where fees charged are above or below the kindergarten fee subsidy.  The current policy can be found in the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria - update 2009.

  • The kindergarten fee subsidy works to support eligible families by meeting the cost of 10 hours of kindergarten per week
  • Kindergartens claim on behalf of families to our Department for a fee subsidy
  • Our Department pays the kindergarten a subsidy in order to provide eligible families with 10 hours of kindergarten for free
  • For 2009 the fee subsidy rate $751.20 per year (or $187.80 per term)
  • The subsidy is indexed each year.

Eligible families will have one of these cards, visas or documents:

  • Health Care Card
  • Pensioner Concession Card
  • Temporary Protection/ humanitarian Visas 447, 451, 785 or 786
  • Asylum Seekers on Bridging Visas A - F and Refugee and Special Humanitarian Visas holders 200- 217
  • Department of Veterans Affairs Gold Card.

If triplets or quadruplets are attending kindergarten in the same year the family is also eligible for the subsidy for each child.

If your child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander the family is also eligible for the subsidy.

 

Kindergarten Fee Subsidy 2009 extension - Bushfire Response

    The Victorian Government has extended the eligibility criteria for the kindergarten fee subsidy during 2009 to families affected by the Victorian bushfire crisis. For more information see: Kindergarten Fee Subsidy 2009 Extension

    More information

    For help with kindergarten fees, see:

    For more information about the fee subsidy, see frequently asked questions for services (Word - 845Kb) or frequently asked questions for families (Word - 794Kb).

    For more information about concessions available, go to What are State Concessions?

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