Archive:Child Care Management System

The CCMS is a national child care computer system that will provide improved information on child care supply and usage for families, services and the Government.

The decision to introduce a national system recognises the need for better management of, and information about child care. The system will complement the compliance strategy announced in May 2006.

CCMS builds on the recently introduced changes to the Child Care Access Hotline (CCAH). The CCAH gives families access to up-to-date information on child care vacancies. CCMS will simplify reporting arrangements to the CCAH for child care services.

The CCMS will bring all approved child care services online to standardise and simplify the administration of Child Care Benefit (CCB). Services will provide information directly to DEEWR via the Internet to allow calculation and payment of CCB fee reductions on behalf of children in their service.

With the introduction of CCMS parents will be able to access an online statement from Centrelink to obtain details of the CCB payments made on their behalf to their child care service(s).

The CCMS will be implemented progressively across child care services from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2009. There will be a transition period as the CCB administration system moves from Family Assistance Office/Centrelink to DEEWR.