Parental contribution for childcare in plain language

You have been allocated a place in childcare for your child?

Then the parents have to pay money for the childcare.

This money is called the parental contribution.

• When must parental contributions be paid?
• How are they calculated? How much money do you have to pay?
• Who has to pay parental contributions?
• Who does not have to pay parental contributions?
• What do you need for the application?
• Where can you get help?

You have a contract

• with a child day care provider
• or with a day care center?
  (that means: child day care facility)

Then the Youth Welfare Office will check:

How much money you have to pay.

Important:

The parental contribution can be different in every city.

But: The parental contribution should be the same for day care and child day care.

This is in the law.

The law is called the Children's Education Act
(KiBiz for short)

It says so: The amount of the parental contribution is staggered.

This means:
The amount depends on:

• How much money the parents earn?
• How many children live in the family?
• How many hours a day the child is in childcare?

Care is free for the last 2 years before school.

In some cities, it is even free earlier.

You do not have to pay a parental contribution
if you receive one of these benefits:

• Child supplement
• Citizen's allowance
• Social assistance
• Housing benefit
• Benefits under the Aysl Applicants Act

Important:

You must submit an application.

Only then do you not have to pay a parental contribution.

To apply for exemption from the parental contribution, you will need:

• the childcare contract with the daycare center
• or the childcare contract with the daycare provider
• proof of your benefits

For example:

• Child supplement
• Housing allowance
• Citizen allowance

If you have questions about the parental contribution,

then the youth welfare office in your city can help.

If you don't know where the nearest youth welfare office is,

you can search online.

The website is called: www.unterstuetzung-die-ankommt.de

Then enter your zip code or place of residence.

You can then see which office is responsible.

The website is not in plain language.