2 March 2026
Fee Increases for After School Care and Vacation Care
Dear Parents / Caregivers
Community OOSH Services always endeavours to provide the highest quality care for your children at an affordable price. Due to changes within our award and other increasing costs we have reviewed our fees and there will be a slight increase for both After School Care and Vacation Care in late March.
The price changes will be effective from Monday 30 March 2026 and are shown below.
The slightly good news for many families is that most of the changes will be covered by the CCS. In the chart below we have provided the new rate per session along with an example of the additional out of pocket cost to people who would be on 90%, 80% and 70% CCS.
For further information and calculators regarding fees and your CCS please check the link provided.
https://startingblocks.gov.au/child-care-subsidy-calculator
| New Rate | Increase to the out of pocket costs at 90% CCS | Increase to the out of pocket costs at 80% CCS | Increase to the out of pocket costs at 70% CCS | |
| Before School Care (No Change) | $22.00 | Na |
NA |
NA |
| After School Care | $38.00 | $0.15 | $0.25 | $0.35 |
| Vacation Care | $80.00 | $0.15 | $0.25 | $0.35 |
The Vacation care rate shown above is for an in Centre day and incursions / excursions are charged on top of the daily fee. These prices are found on the Vacations Care program for each holidays.
We look forward to providing your family with the ongoing support and assistance you need for your children’s care and development through our OOSH program.
Yours Sincerely
David Bourke
Megan Burkitt
Dylan Burkitt
Directors
Community OOSH Services