{"id":104,"date":"2026-04-30T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:47:28","slug":"childrens-daycare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/childrens-daycare\/","title":{"rendered":"Childrens Daycare"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Childrens\u00b4 Daycare<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Early childhood education and care (ECEC)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In Finland, cities and municipalities provide high-quality daycare services for children<\/strong>. All children below school age have a statutory right to early childhood education and care (daycare)<\/strong> provided by the municipality after the parental allowance period ends.The fees are determined based on family income and family size<\/strong>, and childcare is provided in daycare centres or family daycare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Right to Daycare and Application<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The right to daycare usually begins when a child is about 9 months old<\/strong>.
A daycare place must typically be applied for four months before the need for care begins<\/strong>.
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Types of Daycare<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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  >Municipal daycare centre
  >Private daycare centre
  >Family daycare
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Costs of Daycare<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The daycare fee depends on the family's income<\/strong>, and the lowest-income families do not pay any fee.

Childcare fees (early childhood education fees) are determined according to family size, income, and <\/strong>
the amount of care needed<\/strong>.

The maximum monthly fee is \u20ac335 per month (starting 1 August 2026)<\/strong> for the first child<\/strong>.

The youngest child has the highest fee<\/strong>, and fees for siblings are significantly lower (40% \/ 20%<\/strong>).

More than half of families receive the service free of charge or at a very low cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Municipalities must provide evening and weekend childcare<\/strong> if the parents' work or studies require it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pre-Primary Education<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Children aged 6 years<\/strong> are provided with free pre-primary education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Other Support Options<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

If a child does not participate in municipal or private early childhood education, the family may be eligible
for home care allowance paid by Kela<\/strong>.

Financial support is also available for private childcare services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Childrens\u00b4 Daycare Early childhood education and care (ECEC) In Finland, cities and municipalities provide high-quality daycare services for children. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linwell.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}