Montessori @ North Strathfield receives funding under the NSW Start Strong Pre-School Fee Relief for 3 and 4-year-olds Program. The program provides funding to deliver affordable, quality preschool education to children aged 3 and above who are enrolled in eligible long day care services in NSW.
This fee relief is available to families through preschool long day care services in the 2025 Start Strong for Long Day Care program. The fee relief will be passed on to families by the long day care service as a weekly reduction to your child’s session fee or gap fee. The reduction will be shown to you in a regular weekly statement from the service. The fee relief is in addition to and will not impact on your Child Care Subsidy payments provided by the Australian Government. NSW Start Strong Fee relief is not means tested and there are no residency or visa requirements. You will still need to pay any gap fees remaining after the Child Care Subsidy and fee relief have been applied.
Understanding CCS Preschool Fee Relief:
The CCS Preschool Fee Relief Program is a government initiative designed to support families with the cost of preschool education. It is part of the broader Childcare Subsidy scheme, which provides financial assistance to eligible families to help cover the costs of approved childcare services.
This is in addition to Australian Government Childcare Subsidy payments, which most families in long day care services are eligible to receive.
