The Kita voucher confirms for how many hours of care your child can take up a place. It applies in a Kita just as in family day care.
In Berlin, childcare is free of charge for all children. For lunch, parents pay a catering contribution of 23 euros a month. With a valid berlinpass-BuT it does not apply.
Who gets the voucher
From the first birthday children are entitled to up to seven hours of care a day. Need is not checked for this.
Before the first birthday and for more than seven hours a day you must prove your need, for example with a certificate from your employer, from training or studies, or proof of your self-employment.
The following also applies: you live in Berlin, you have custody and all legal guardians agree to the application. The child must be at least eight weeks old.
When to apply
There is a time window. Do not apply too late, because according to the Service-Portal Berlin processing takes six to eight weeks on average.
9 months before
At the earliest
From now on you can submit the application to the youth welfare office.
2 months before
At the latest
By this date the application must have reached the youth welfare office.
Start of care
Off we go
Care starts with the voucher and the care contract.
Where and how to apply
You submit the application to the youth welfare office of your district of residence, not to the district where the family day care is located.
Online via the Service-Portal Berlin (opens in a new tab). Print the completed application, have all legal guardians sign it and hand it in at the youth welfare office or send it by post.
Typical documents are the application with the signatures of all legal guardians, proof of sole custody if applicable and, if necessary, the certificate of your need (see above). Which proofs apply to you is stated on the Service-Portal page.
The voucher specifies how many hours a day are funded:
Half day: 4 to 5 hours
Part-time: more than 5 to 7 hours
Full day: more than 7 to 9 hours
Extended full day: more than 9 hours
We are here for the children from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. In our form you can choose between 5 to 7 and 7 to 9 hours.
How it works with us
Request a place
You send us the form. We usually reply within 24 hours.
Getting to know each other
You come to us, look at the rooms and get to know us.
Sleep on it
You think it over in peace and call us when you decide to join us.
Agreement with us
We conclude the agreement with you at our setting. For this you show us your valid Kita voucher.
Care contract via the youth welfare office
We send the agreement to the youth welfare office. The office concludes the care contract with you, namely the youth welfare office of the district in which our family day care is located (Tempelhof-Schöneberg).
Would you like to get to know us? We are in Berlin-Schöneberg, only a few minutes from Innsbrucker Platz. Send us a non-binding place request. We usually reply within 24 hours.
