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Change in your circumstances

If you get a Childcare Subsidy or before, after-school or holiday care for your child, you need to tell us straight away if something changes in your life as it can affect how much childcare we pay.

What you need to tell us about

We need to know if:

  • your income or your partner's income changes
  • the number of hours you or your partner work, train or study each week changes
  • your child stops attending childcare
  • your child moves to another childcare provider
  • there's a change to the number of hours your child attends childcare
  • your relationship status changes, eg you become single or are now in a relationship
  • you have another child
  • a child is no longer in your care
  • the reason why your payments change, eg your health improves or you stop working or studying
  • your child now needs before, after-school or holiday care
  • your child is going to a cohort entry school
  • your child starts or stops receiving 20 Hours ECE
  • you want to have another child in childcare.

Related

  • Stop childcare payments
  • 20 Hours ECE (Ministry of Education)  external

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Updated on 15 July 2026

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