Determination of parental contributions for child day care (Kita contribution)

Procedure

The Kita fee is determined on the basis of income. In the future, the calculation will be based on a self-disclosure in which you provide information about your family's income situation. The Kita fee will be calculated and provisionally determined on the basis of this self-disclosure. The information provided by the parents will be checked at a later date using a random sampling procedure. If necessary, proof of income will also have to be provided. If it turns out that the parental contributions were set too low, e.g. due to incomplete or incorrect information, the parents are obligated to make additional payments.

Holders of the Bremen Pass are also required to fill out the self-disclosure form. It is important that benefit statements and, in particular, the Bremen Pass are also submitted. This is the only way that both the daycare fee and the flat rate for lunch can be waived.

Legal bases

• Bremisches Gesetz zur Förderung von Kindern in Tageseinrichtungen und in Tagespflege-Bremisches Tageseinrichtungs- und Kindertagespflegegesetz - BremKTG
• SGB I § 60 Mitwirkungspflichten

More information

• Attention, new bank details as of 01.01.2021! Deutsche Bundesbank: IBAN: DE18 2500 0000 0025 1015 01 and BIC: MARKDEF1250 or Sparkasse Bremen, IBAN: DE07 2905 0101 0082 8329 65 and BIC: SBREDE22XXX
• The kindergarten year always begins on August 1 and ends on July 31 of the following year. The child's entry into and exit from the daycare center can also take place during the course of the kindergarten year.
• Changed bank details must be given in writing.
• The maximum contribution can be paid voluntarily by checking the appropriate box on the self-disclosure form. It is then not necessary to submit proof of income.

Subsequent documents to the application can be submitted by mail or e-mail.

The Kita fee is an annual fee, which should be legally fixed for the parents before the beginning of the current kindergarten year. However, if there is a significant deterioration in income or if family circumstances change in such a way that this leads to a significant deterioration in income, the Kita fee can be changed upon application. A substantial change is deemed to have occurred in particular if a lower income level is reached with the change in income. This can be the case, for example, due to the loss of a job, birth of a child or separation.

The annual fee (divided into 12 months, always due at the end of the month) must be paid in full even if a child is partially unable to participate in the care, e.g. because he or she is sick or the parents are on vacation with the child, etc.pp!