Students applying for Childcare Grant
The Childcare Grant process from the 2019 to 2020 academic year onwards
Applies to England
How we바카라 사이트檒l pay Childcare Grant
We have worked with the Childcare Grant Payment Service (CCGPS), who have created an online portal to allow you to confirm your childcare costs directly with your childcare provider.
What is the Childcare Grant Payment Service?
The CCGPS is an online platform enabling parents to manage their Childcare Grant by authorising and sending payments to childcare providers electronically. CCGPS is administered by , a recognised government partner for the Nursery Milk Scheme. Wider Plan is also an employee benefits provider with extensive experience of working with parents and childcare providers through delivery of their childcare voucher scheme.
How to apply for Childcare Grant
You can apply for Childcare Grant online as part of your main student finance application. You바카라 사이트檒l also have to submit some evidence 바카라 사이트� you바카라 사이트檒l be told what evidence is needed when you apply.
Use the paper form instead if you:
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have already applied for student finance but didn바카라 사이트檛 apply for Childcare Grant at the same time
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want to apply for Childcare Grant for another child
You can download the form from the student finance form finder.
Use your online account to upload and submit the form or send it by post.
Student Finance England
PO Box 210
Darlington
DL1 9HJ
Once your application has been approved, you바카라 사이트檒l be sent an entitlement letter telling you how much Childcare Grant you바카라 사이트檒l get.
If you don바카라 사이트檛 already have a CCGPS account you바카라 사이트檒l need to create one to start making payments to your childcare provider. You바카라 사이트檒l get an email 10 days after receiving your entitlement letter telling you how to set this up. Your grant will be paid into this account. If you already have a CCGPS account, you just need to login to see your balance for the new academic year.
Paying your childcare provider
How and when to make a payment:
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You바카라 사이트檒l be contacted each time payment is requested. After care of your child has been given your childcare provider sends us a request for payment through the CCGPS.
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You need to sign in to your CCGPS account, check that the amounts are correct, and approve it.
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If you approve the costs submitted by your childcare provider, the payment will be taken from your Childcare Grant balance and paid directly to them. You might not use all of this, and any remaining balance will be returned to us.
You won바카라 사이트檛 be able to use your Childcare Grant to pay for advance payments such as deposit payments. This is because the Childcare Grant isn바카라 사이트檛 paid until after you바카라 사이트檝e started your course and we바카라 사이트檝e got confirmation of registration from your university or college.
Learn more about how much you could get.
Updates to this page
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Removed the content explaining the specific process changes from the 2019/20 academic year, and updated the page to further explain how and when CCG payments will be made.
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First published.