With Rebates/Discounts
The fee range per day works out to a minimum of $27 per day and a maximum of $50 per day, if you receive the Child Care Rebate (CCR)
Exactly how much it costs at The Willows depends upon whether you are eligible for:
- Child Care Benefit (CCB)
- If you have contacted Centrelink and registered for Child Care Benefit they will tell you what percentage you are entitled to.
- If you are receiving a family tax benefit and eligible for maximum childcare benefit your fees may be as low as $27 per day.
- If you are working or studying, Centrelink will pay for 5 days per week (50 hour limit).
- If you are not working or studying you will be eligible for 20 hours per week (2 days).
- Child Care Rebate (CCR)
- If you are studying or working fulltime you will be eligible for 50% rebate, which means the most your fees will be is $50 per day, and will be less if you are receiving other funding or benefits.
- JET Funding (Job Education & Training)
- If you are actively looking for work or studying you may meet the criteria for JET funding in which case your fees would be $11 per day.
- Other funding (Gowrie, Benevolent Society, DECs)
- If you are eligible for this funding there may be no charge per day
- Full time discount
- If your child is enrolled everyday, and because Child Care Rebate has a $7000 ceiling per child, The Willows feels fulltime families are disadvantaged, so we have implemented a 5% discount to help ease this financial burden.
- Sibling discount
- If you have 2 children enrolled at the Willows, and the youngest child is under 2 years old, we will not charge your under 2 year old at the 2-3 year old rate.
Please visit mychild.gov.au to find out our current fees and current vacancies, which the government updates each week (if you type in 'The Willows' and postcode '2800' we come straight up). Then you go to Fees and Services and you can click on 'Out of Pocket Costs' to see how much it will cost based on your income.
Without Rebates/Discounts
This year our full fees without discounts and benefits are:
| 0-2 Years | 2-3 Years | 3-5 Years | Casual | |
| $131.90/day | $127.90/day | $121.90/day | $18/hour |
