Dear Service Provider,
Please see the below payment dates for early year’s programmes over the Christmas and New Year’s weeks:
The table lists main payment events only and excludes catch-up payment events. Main payments events in November for ECCE and Core Funding, made payments up to the end of the calendar year.
| Date | Main Payment Event |
| 12 December | Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Level 7National Childcare Scheme (NCS)Community Childcare Subvention Programme (CCSP) |
| 19 December | Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Level 7National Childcare Scheme (NCS)Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Level 7National Childcare Scheme (NCS)National Childcare Scheme (NCS)Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Level 7Community Childcare Subvention Programme (CCSP)Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) (including AIM Level 1)Core FundingEqual Start |
| 23 December | |
| 30 December * | |
| 2 January | |
| 6-7 January |
* NCS payments must be processed each Wednesday. Due to bank non-processing days, the payments processed on Wednesday 24 December may not be lodged in service bank accounts until Tuesday 30 December.
Details of the Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC) and the NCS Parent Support Centre operating hours for Christmas and New Year can be found at the following links:
The EYPC will be closed on Thursday 25 December and Friday 26 December, and again on Thursday 1 January.
Normal operating hours will resume from Friday 2 January.
Regards,
The Early Years Team
