Day Care at Home
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Families can provide day care for their own children, or hire a caregiver at home.
Either one of the parents, or another day-carer such as a relative, may receive child home care allowance and municipal day-care supplement to take care of children at their own home. Child home care allowance can be granted when a child under 3 years of age does not have a place in municipal early childhood educat ...
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You can apply for a home care or private day care allowance from Kela.
When applying for private care support from Kela, first contact your municipality of residence. The municipality checks the carer’s eligibility and criminal record and submits the requisite documents to Kela. Kela pays the private day care allowance directly to the child carer.
The home care allowance is paid by Kela to the child's main carer, usually as a parent. You can use the support to pay the carer's salary.
An ECEC expert will meet with the caregiver, or make a control visit at your chosen place of care (when the person is employed by several families). The expert will also sign an application for Kela, stating that you are eligible to receive allowance for home care of your child. After receiving the expert’s form, parents may apply for home care allowance or private day care allowance at Kela.
To whom and on what terms
The parents are to choose their child’s caregiver themselves. Please contact the municipality before you sign a contract with a caregiver. The municipality will control that the person is qualified.
Background information
A family can hire a child carer to work in their home and receive a home care or private day care allowance to cover some of the wage costs. Home care allowance is granted for caring for a child aged under 3 years, and private care allowance for a child who is under the school age. Several families can jointly act as the carer’s employer, with one of the adults being designated as the person responsible for the employer’s duties.
A carer employed at home does not provide early childhood education and care in accordance with the Act on Early Childhood Education and Care.