Child care
Find child care
Find services near you on the Starting Blocks website.
Enrol your child
Your child care service will guide you through the enrolment process.
If you’re claiming Child Care Subsidy, they’ll ask for your child’s Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN). Find out more about providing a CRN when you enrol your child on the Services Australia website.
Your service may also ask for your child’s immunisation history statement.
Claim Child Care Subsidy
Child Care Subsidy is a payment that helps with the cost of approved child care. Services Australia pays the subsidy to your child care provider to reduce the fees you pay.
You should claim Child Care Subsidy before your child starts child care. Otherwise, you may have to pay full fees until your claim is finalised.
Check your child’s immunisations and get their statement
You can check your child’s immunisations on their immunisation history statement. They need to be up to date if you want to get Child Care Subsidy to help pay for child care.
Find what immunisations your child needs on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website.
You can get your child’s statement in your Medicare online account through myGov.
There are other ways to get your child’s immunisation history statement if you can’t use your Medicare online account.
Find out how to get immunisation history statements on the Services Australia website.
Help in your language
On the Services Australia website, you can: