Fees, financial support and service vouchers

The fees for municipal early childhood education and care and the amount of service vouchers depend on:

• family size
• service need (appointment)
• income before tax deduction 

Get an estimate of your fees: ECEC client fee calculator (in Finnish)

When applying for a place in early childhood education and care, submit an income statement on gross income either electronically via eVaka or by post. If your family agrees to the highest fee, no income statement or its appendices need to be submitted.

• E-services: evaka.turku.fi
• Postal address: Konsernihallinto / Yhteiset palvelut, Varhaiskasvatusmaksut PL 355, 20101 Turku 

Monthly fees

• The first child in a family is always defined as the youngest child in early childhood education and care, whose fee is a maximum of 335€.
• When there are several children from the same family in early childhood education, a fee of 40% of the youngest child's fee, i.e. a maximum of 134€, is imposed for the next child in order of age.
• The fee charged for other children is 20% of the fee imposed on the youngest child in the family.
• The minimum monthly fee is 32€.
• Those in the lowest income category are not charged at all.

The income limit for a family of more than six people will be raised by €295 per month for each subsequent child

Part-time early childhood education fees

• If your child is in early childhood education part-time, the fee is lower than the full-time fee according to the defined service need.

Decision on fees and invoicing 

• eVaka sends decisions in the middle of the month automatically based on the information that was valid at the time. If you only submit your income information later, but still during the month when your child starts in ECEC, we make a new decision.
• Check the information in the payment decision immediately, as you will be invoiced on the basis of the decision. The appeal period is thirty days.
• The invoice for the month is sent the following month. For example, the January invoice is sent mid-February.  
• The invoice is delivered to OmaPosti or Kivra. If you do not have access to these services, the invoice is sent by post. After the first invoice, you can conclude an e-invoice agreement.

Pay invoices as e-invoices

• Pay the service fees for early childhood education and care conveniently as an e-invoice. An e-invoice is an easy and quick way to pay with just a couple of clicks without needing to enter account or reference numbers every time. You can also set up an automatic payment.
• Read more about invoicing: Invoicing and fees 

The prices of private ECEC providers vary. Ask the day-care centre or family daycare provider about their fees. 

Service voucher

A service voucher is a support granted by the municipality for families who have chosen a private day-care centre, family day-care provider or group family day-care centre as their ECEC place.

The value of the service voucher is determined by the child’s age, the number of hours reserved, and the family size and income. You pay the difference between the value of the service voucher and the price of the private ECEC place. The difference is the same as what the family’s day care fee would be in municipal early childhood education and care. In addition, a private day-care centre may charge additional fees; contact your preferred private ECEC place to inquire directly.

Find out more about fees for private early childhood education and care.

Applying for a service voucher

Apply for a service voucher through eVaka: evaka.turku.fi