If you receive certain government benefits, your 2-year-old may be entitled to funded childcare.
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Does our family qualify for this funded childcare?
Your 2-year-old child could get funded childcare (up to 570 hours per year) if you receive any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax (not including benefit payments)
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
- the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
Apply for funded childcare for 2-year-olds (receiving government support)
Please note: If your application is not successful but you believe you meet the eligibility criteria above, you can email fis@hillingdon.gov.uk.
2-year-olds could also get funded childcare if they:
- are looked after by a local authority
- have an Education, Health and Care Plan
- get Disability Living Allowance
- have left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order
- you are a non-EEA citizen who cannot claim benefits.
If you want to apply under any of these criteria, email the Families' Information Service at fis@hillingdon.gov.uk.