Contact the family day care scheme closest to you to find out what services are available in your area. Family day carers are able to provide flexible care arrangements where parents work unusual hours. They are also able to provide weekend and limited overnight care of children. Family day care providers are licensed by the Child Care Services Board and must comply with regulations which set the minimum standards in areas such as safety, building requirements, playspace and equipment. Many carers are members of a family day care scheme.
Schemes are organisations which coordinate, support and resource individual family day carers.
Child Care Benefit is available to parents who are eligible. Carers operating through a scheme must give priority to children of working parents or parents in vocational training or study. If a carer is not in a scheme parents are only eligible for minimum rate Child Care Benefits. Please enable frames to view this site. If you have an extreamly old browser, please update it.