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Local emergency arrangements to assist child care services - Floods affecting states of Australia and Cyclone Yasi
The Australian Government and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations is supporting communities affected by the floods and Cyclone Yasi in many ways. You will have seen previous latest news items covering arrangements during local emergencies and what this means for families and child care services. Previous news articles can be found in the news archive.
Several emergency measures in the child care area are available to help support services and families affected by the floods and recent cyclone Yasi.
Local emergency arrangements have been in place effective from 20 December 2010 because of the recent flooding in affecting states of Australia. These arrangements remain in place for those affected by the recent cyclone.
Services affected by local emergencies may report absences for days when the service is closed due to the emergency. If you remain open, you may report absences for children who are unable to attend care.
If your service is unable to submit reports to the CCMS for more than a fortnight, due to disruptions caused by the floods or cyclone, you may request a Business Continuity Payment. This is not an extra payment, but an advance of CCB funds, based on recent payment history. The advance is recovered from future payments once you are able to resume normal reporting to the CCMS.
For more information you can access the latest CCMS Newsletter or to request a Business Continuity Payment please contact the CCMS Helpdesk on 1300 667 276.