CCSS Payments - Processes for Sessions

This article will assist you with the standard CCS and ACCS payments from CCSS for your Service.

Overview

CCS/ACCS Payments, can be paid to the Service or may be backpaid the Families.

Below are the 3 scenarios as advised by CCSS.

Usual and recommended sequence - Payments to Providers where:

Session reports are submitted AFTER CCS or ACCS (Grandparent/Temporary Financial Hardship/Transition to Work) eligibility and entitlement is established.

When a Parent/Carer claims before or at the same time they enrol a child, their eligibility is more likely to be established before session reports are submitted or processed. In this sequence the processing of session reports triggers the initial payment made to the Provider.

Alternate sequence - back-payment to parent for CCS or ACCS (Grandparent/Temporary Financial Hardship/Transition to Work) where:

Session Reports are submitted BEFORE CCS or ACCS (Grandparent/Temporary Financial Hardship/Transition to Work) eligibility and entitlement is established

The Parent/Carer is late notifying Centrelink of a change in circumstance (such as an increase in their Activity level) that would increase their entitlement for session reports already submitted.

When a parent claims or eligibility and entitlement is established AFTER session reports have been submitted. The finalisation of the claim triggers new payment decisions for any past session reports already submitted. In this sequence any resulting back-payment is made to the Parent/Carer.

ACCS (Child wellbeing) - initial back-payment split between parent and provider where:

The Child is eligible for ACCS (Child Wellbeing) through a certificate/determination, AND session reports are submitted BEFORE CCS eligibility and entitlement is established.
All ACCS Entitlement payments have 2 components - CCS and the ACCS (Top-up) component.

When a Parent/Carer claims CCS after session reports have been submitted, the finalisation of the claim triggers new payment decisions for any past sessions already submitted. The CCS component of any resulting back-payment is paid to the Parent/Carer, and the ACCS component is paid to the Provider.

Updated on: 03/05/2021

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