Child day care
Performance specification
Forms of day care are
- Day care facilities (crèches, kindergartens, day nurseries, multi-age day care facilities) and
- Child day care.
Early childhood education, upbringing and care are at the centre of reliable childcare that enables parents to combine family and work. In order to be able to support children as early as possible in the best possible way, the state of Hesse has developed an education and upbringing plan for children from 0 - 10 years of age, which provides for better networking of all educational and learning places for children and designs educational contents, goals and organisation of education that build on and connect with each other.
Since 01.01.2014, the funding measures of the State of Hesse have been summarised and partly newly regulated in the Hessian Child and Youth Welfare Code as amended by the Hessian Child Promotion Act.
The regulations on state funding of day care for children in the HKJGB include:
- Day care facilities for children (§ 32 HKJGB)
- Child day care (§ 32a HKJGB)
- The expert consultations in the context of BEP and priority day care centres
- Specialist services for day care (§ 32b HKJGB)
- Exemption from contributions from the age of 3 (§ 32c HKJGB)
- the so-called "small building subsidy" (§ 32d HKJGB)
- Hessian education and upbringing plan
- Early childhood education
(Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration)
- Childcare
(Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration)
- Hessian Child Day Care Office
What are the fees?
Parental fees are set by the respective providers (municipality, churches, etc.) and may therefore vary.
According to § 90 Para. 3 SGB VIII, the local youth welfare office pays the contributions in part or in full if the burden is not reasonable for the parents.
From 1 August 2018, the state of Hesse will subsidise six hours of free kindergarten attendance. If municipalities participate in this state subsidy, they are obliged to exempt all children in the municipal area who attend kindergarten or a multi-age group from the age of 3 until they start school from the cost and participation fee for six hours a day. The exemption from contributions generally applies to all daycare centres run by local authorities and independent organisations.
If the local authority introduces the extended fee exemption, parents do not have to make any arrangements in order to benefit from the fee exemption. The local authorities that make use of the state subsidy do not charge any contributions for childcare of up to six hours a day and ensure that the non-profit and other providers of daycare centres in their area also exempt parents accordingly.What else should I know?
Further information:
- Childcare
(FamilienAtlas Hessen)
- Hessian Child Day Care Office
- Hessian education and upbringing plan
- Early childhood education and childcare . .
(Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration)
- Childcare
Who do I need to contact?
You can find out about the number of childcare facilities and the number of places as well as the concepts from the local community or city administration or from the local youth welfare office.
There you will also receive contact addresses for the day care centres or childminders in question. Registration takes place at the respective centre and/or at the administration of the city or municipality in which the day care centre is located.