# \#subsidy

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## [What the Child Care Subsidy actually covers](https://sameboat.com/t/what-the-child-care-subsidy-actually-covers/164)

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The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is the main way the federal government helps with the cost of approved child care in Australia. It’s paid to your provider, not to you, and it reduces your fee automatically — but what it act…