“Yeah sure, they get a percentage back but they still have to pay the actual childcare cost up front. It's a commentary on personal budgeting.”
Hmm, are you sure? You seem to all up in the personal finance business of these friends of yours!
https://raisingchildren.net.au/grown-ups/work-child-care/organising-child-care/child-care-costsTypes of government assistance with child care costs
Child Care Subsidy directly to your approved child care service to reduce the fees you pay.Approved child care services
The following types of services are approved by the Australian Government. You must use one of these types of services to get the Child Care Subsidy:
- centre-based day care, including long day careand occasional day care
- family day care
- outside school hours care including vacation care
- in-home care.
The Australian Government pays different maximum hourly rates to these different types of approved services. You also have to meet some extra conditions to get payments for in-home care fees.
