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| Update Covid-19 |
Dear parents and childminders,
The government has decided that all schools and day care centres in The Netherlands must be on lock-down. This decision will be uphold up to and including Monday, 6 April. It is not very common for ViaViela to communicate in English. Since we have noticed that there is a lot of uncertainty about the virus and/or child care amongst our childminders and parents whose first language is not Dutch, we have decided to publish a onetime notification in English.
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| Direct contact with the authorities involved |
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ViaViela remains up-to-date. Due to our active role on the board of the Child Care Trade Organisation we are in direct contact with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. All of your and our questions that remain unclear will be presented to the ministry for further explanation.
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| Update from the ministry |
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The website of the ministry provides answers to frequently asked questions. To us, this website is a reliable source and therefore we only want to share official answers with you. Click here to read the latest information.
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| Key points from the ministry |
We know that a number of questions are frequently asked. Hereby you find these frequently asked questions and the answers to them:
From March 16th onwards my child is obliged to stay at home, do I still need to pay for child care?
The government calls for all parents to leave the current situation unchanged. Therefore, the answer to the question is: yes.
- Pay for the total invoice like you always do. Most child care organisations send the invoices in advance, therefore you have probably already paid for March. The ministry asks you to also pay the invoice for April the regular way.
- Do not change anything at the tax authorities with regards to the child care allowance. Only then you will still be entitled to receive child care allowance.
- Fundamentally you do not need to make any changes whatsoever or stop the child care, unless you want to change your current income for instance. Make sure that you provide the tax authorities with this new information.
- The same applies to parents who utilize child minder care: Pay for the total invoice like you always do. Do not change anything at the tax authorities with regards to the child care allowance. Only then you will still be entitled to receive child care allowance. Also, your spot at the child care will be preserved once the care reopens on a regular basis.
- A small part of the costs for child care consists of a personal contribution. The same rules apply to this personal contribution; you still pay this contribution to the child care organisation.
I have flexible child minder care, do I still need to pay for child care?
- At the moment, the same rules apply to child minder care, day care and after-school care. Pay for the total invoice like you always do. Do not change anything at the tax authorities with regards to the child care allowance. Only then you will still be entitled to receive child care allowance.
- When your child goes to the child minder on an irregular basis, e.g. because of flexible working hours, keep in mind the hours that your child would normally have gone to the child minder. You act as if the child care carries on naturally. This also applies to the administration of alterations for the tax authorities.
Child care possibilities for parents with vital professions
- A few parents/caretakers are allowed to make use of the regular day care facilities during the upcoming weeks. That is because those people need to make an effort in order to keep our civilization in function. This measure applies to branches that need to be operational at all times because of the Covid-19 circumstances. Click here to see to which branches this rule applies.
What if only one of the parents has a vital/crucial profession?
- It is strongly requested to take care of your child/children at home if possible. Only when this is absolutely not an option, parents are allowed to appeal to the schools or day cares. But, it is not essential that both parents have a vital/crucial profession.
We realise that these are bizarre circumstances we are living in. We will do everything in our power to inform you sufficiently.
Kind regards,
Gastouderbureau ViaViela
No rights can be derived from the above information and advice.
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