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Childcare Assistance Programme : Contents

Client Activities

An OSCAR subsidy for a child is available only to enable the child's principal caregiver to undertake one of the following:

  • employment (whether full-time or part-time, and whether permanent, temporary, or casual)
  • any employment related training (for a client with work obligations)
  • an activity included in an existing Job Seeker Agreement
  • an employment-related training course offered by a course-provider accredited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority or
  • a course of study at a secondary school or a tertiary educational institution

This includes a principal temporary caregiver of a child for whom Orphans Benefit or Unsupported Childs Benefit is paid.

The subsidy will only be paid for the hours the client is participating in an activity. This will include any travel time that is involved.

For more information see:

In study - OSCAR
In training - OSCAR

Legislation

  • Activities in respect of which childcare subsidy available under regulation 32 regulation 33 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Activities in respect of which OSCAR subsidy available under regulation 41 regulation 40 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Participating in an activity section 324 Social Security Act 2018
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For Orphans Benefit or Unsupported Childs Benefit, the principal temporary caregiver is the person who has the primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child for a short-term, unknown, or uncertain period, and is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child.

Activity for Childcare Assistance includes: