Early childhood education and care fees and subsidies
Fees, Start Strong fee relief and subsidy information for parents and carers with children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) environments.
Fees
Early childhood education and outside school hours care services set their own fees.
Contact your  for more information.
Start Strong fee relief
- The Start Strong program aims to improve the affordability, quality, and accessibility of preschool education for children in the years before school.
- The program provides funding to eligible long day care services and community and mobile preschools to deliver affordable, quality preschool education to children aged 3 and above.
- The program also provides fee relief payments to families. Children enrolled in eligible services may be able to access fee relief funding which is passed on by the service as a reduction in fees.
Subsidies
The Australian Government’s  helps families with the cost of childcare. Parents and carers enrolling a child in services including long day care, occassional care and family day care services may be eligible to claim the Child Care Subsidy and .
Families who need help with the cost of early childhood education and care or with raising a child should visit for more information.