A new national digital service which will streamline the Childcare Offer for parents and childcare providers has launched.
The Childcare Offer has also been extended to more families, and parents in education and training can now apply for up to 30 hours of government funded early education and childcare for children aged three and four.
Currently the Childcare Offer is delivered by local authorities who use different systems to process parent applications and pay providers for Childcare Offer hours provided. The national digital service will replace these systems so that every local authority, parent and childcare provider will use one single service.
The new national digital platform is available bilingually online and can be accessed on mobile devices including tablets and mobile phones and will ensure parents and childcare providers across Wales have the same experience no matter which local authority area they live in.
Parents eligible to receive the Childcare Offer from January 2023 will be able to apply from now through the new service.
Parents already accessing the Offer will not need to do anything and will remain within their local authority system.
However, if they wish to receive Childcare Offer funding for another child from January 2023, they will need to apply via the national digital service.
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