What is the early childhood education and care customer fee?

Early childhood education and care fees are determined on a percentage basis according to the family’s gross income, family size and early childhood education and care needs.

A decision on the early childhood education and care fee is always made at the start of the child’s care. The early childhood education fees for all children are always revised at the beginning of the school year, starting on 1 August, according to the new income data. There may be a delay in the payment of day care fees for August.

The payment decision is reviewed if there is a substantial change in the number of hours of early childhood education and care to be provided, the size of the family or the ability of the beneficiary to pay. The fee is also revised if it proves to be incorrect or if the regulations and decisions in force change. The fee is not revised in the middle of the calendar month.

If If the income information is not provided by the deadline, the highest rate will be charged. the highest fee. No retroactive adjustment of the early childhood education and care fee. Changes to income data will take effect in the month following the month in which they are submitted. of the month following the month in which the change of income is made. Customer incorrect information provided by the customer may be corrected retroactively, for a maximum period of one year.

It is the client’s responsibility to inform the childcare office of any changes that have occurred or are occurring in the family.

Early childhood education and care fees are invoiced monthly in arrears. You can sign an e-invoice contract in your own online bank.

Fees for full-time and part-time early childhood education and care

When calculating the average weekly time spent in early childhood education and care, the time spent in childcare during the calendar month is taken into account.

Fee for full-time early childhood education and care

If the care is at least 35 hours per week, the fee is the monthly fee for full-time care.

Fee for part-time early childhood education and care

Fee for pre-school education

Pre-school education for children aged 6 years is provided free of charge for around 20 hours per week on pre-school days approved by the Education Board. Pre-school education is taken into account as a factor in reducing the fee for early childhood education during the pre-school education period. If a pre-school pupil needs early childhood education during the school year (1 August to 31 July) on days other than pre-school days, a fee is charged for the period in question, pro rata to the duration of the childcare period.

More information

Director of Early Childhood Education: Kauti Heidi, tel. +358 50 406 3659

Early Childhood Education Service Secretaries:
Torkki Laura tel. +358 50 311 4601
Jalonen Marjut tel. +358 40 139 5154