Calculating the child home care allowance
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The home care allowance is €342.95 and the income-based care supplement is €0–€181.07
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The care allowance of a sibling under the age of three is €102.67
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The care allowance of a sibling over the age of three is €65.97.
If a sibling of the child for whom child home care allowance was granted for is also taken out of early childhood education, the family must reapply for the child home care allowance with a new application to receive the care allowance for this sibling as well as the possible Vantaa bonus for the younger child.
Adoptive parents have the right to apply for child home care allowance up until two years have passed from the start of the parental allowance term. In this case, the child home care allowance will always be paid as in the case of children under the age three. The right to the child home care allowance will end by the time the child starts in basic education, at the latest. However, the Vantaa bonus is only paid for a child aged 18 months or under.
Kela has introduced e-services, through which the family can manage all affairs related to the child home care allowance with their own online banking credentials.
How to claim child home care allowance, Kela
