Parental contribution for child day care (determination and assumption)

The care of children in child day care is usually an offer of public youth welfare. This means that the youth welfare office of the district or the city is the contact person for the legal guardians as well as for the childminders and fathers and is responsible, among other things, for finding a place for the child.

For the care of a child in child day care, the parents pay a monthly fee to the responsible youth welfare office.

You must contact the responsible youth welfare office in your district or place of residence.

The responsible youth welfare office of your district or city will provide you with information on this.

Please contact the responsible youth welfare office.

The decision to determine the costs for the care of the child in child day care usually contains information on the right of appeal.

If you, as a legal guardian, would like a childcare place with a childminder for your child, please contact the responsible youth welfare office in your district or city. The Youth Welfare Office will help you find a suitable place. The Youth Welfare Office sets a monthly contribution for the care of the child. The amount of the parental contribution is usually based on the scope of childcare. As parents, you pay the fixed amount to the Youth Welfare Office.

The contribution can be waived in whole or in part or taken over by the Youth Welfare Office if the burden cannot be expected of the parents and the child (§ 90 SGB VIII)

See also under "Parental contribution child day care (determination and assumption) and under "Childminder/childminder – permission for child day care".

Information on child day care in Hesse is provided by the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration on the Internet (www.soziales.hessen.de).

The Hessian Child Day Care Office (HKTB) in Maintal, a state-funded, Hesse-wide operating service center for child day care, has a variety of information under www.hktb.de ready, including the brochure "Quite compact in keywords".

Comprehensive information can also be found on the homepage of the Youth Welfare Office of your district or your place of residence.