The customer fees that a family pays for early childhood education and care is determined by the family’s income, the size of the family, and the child’s need for ECEC, i.e., the length of the time the child spends at the daycare centre each day.
Most municipalities grant a service voucher for early childhood education and care that covers the price of private daycare, or the family can apply for Kela’s private daycare allowance; read more about the different types of support for daycare fees here.
You can find out the precise amount that your family will receive as a service voucher or private daycare allowance by contacting your municipality or Kela. The managers at your local Pilke daycare centre are also happy to help, as they have expert knowledge of the situation in their area.
In practice, the family pays a deductible as a customer fee for daycare; the municipality pays for the amount awarded as a service voucher, and correspondingly Kela pays private daycare allowance directly to Pilke.