Director of Mary Bailey House

OOSH fee relief

NSW Education has announced that the Before and After School Care (BASC) Voucher program has re-opened for parent claims and will remain open until 31 January 2023.

BASC vouchers can be claimed via the Service NSW app or via the Service NSW website: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-basc-voucher.

Once a BASC voucher has been claimed from NSW Education it needs to be presented to us at OOSH by 31 January 2023 to be scanned and redeemed.

The value of a BASC Voucher is $500 per child. It can be used to pay for Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation Care until the $500 is exhausted. Families have until 30 June 2023 to spend the $500.

The NSW BASC Voucher is used to pay for the balance of OOSH fees once Child Care Subsidy (CCS) has been applied. Together, the BASC Voucher and CCS can make the payment of OOSH fees for several weeks very possible. Eligible families can register for CCS via the My Gov app or via the My Gov website https://my.gov.au/

If you have any questions about the NSW BASC Voucher Program or CCS, please do not hesitate to contact Frances Windon at ooshmail@ssc.nsw.edu.au. We are here to support families to balance their work and family practices.

Vacation Care

Our summer program begins Thursday 8 December and operates until Friday 16 December 2022. OOSH then closes for three weeks. OOSH re-opens on Monday 9 January 2023, for the second half of the summer vacation care program. The focus of vacation care is on fun and leisure activities. It has an incursion and excursion program and an activity program. If you would like to book your child into vacation care, please contact Jessica Azzi at ooshmail@ssc.nsw.edu.au .

Jackie Baxter
Director of Mary Bailey House