One off payment for services impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

The Australian Government will provide a one-off $10,000 payment to early childhood education and care (ECEC) services affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

The 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 in relation to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred 
• 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.  

More information to providers of services in the affected LGAs will be provided shortly.  

In order to ensure that the correct payments are made, please ensure that your contact details are up to date in the Child Care Subsidy System via the Provider Entry Point (PEP) or third-party software.  

See the Department of Education 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. 

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.