Funding & subsidy

Childcare subsidy

A childcare subsidy is government assistance that covers part of a family’s childcare cost, paid to the provider on the family’s behalf. The family typically pays a copayment based on income and household size.

Subsidy authorisations are time-limited and must be renewed, and a lapse leaves the balance with the family.

Because subsidy payment often arrives after care is delivered, providers carry the balance in the interim, which makes accurate outstanding-balance tracking important.

How Childcarious handles this

Create tuition plans, auto-generate invoices, process payments through Stripe, and apply late fees automatically.

Tuition & Billing

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