Dept of Family and Community Services - Special Needs Subsidy Scheme (SNSS)

About Dept of Family and Community Services - Special Needs Subsidy Scheme (SNSS)

The Special Needs Subsidy Scheme (SNSS) helps Commonwealth funded child care services care for children with ongoing high support needs, particularly children with a disability. The Scheme enables these children, who may previously have been unable to use child care services, to participate equally in child care programs by providing additional funding to support them. This service compliments the SUPS Program (Supplementary Services Program). Children with ongoing high support needs may include: children with diagnosed disabilities; children undergoing continuing assessment for disabilities or developmental delay and refugee children who have been subjected to torture or trauma. The type of support offered depends on the needs of the child, their family and the child care service.