My child attends a Dutch-speaking day-care centre or school in Brussels

If your child goes to a Flemish day nursery or school in Brussels, you may be entitled to a participatory increase from the Groeipakket, the Flemish child benefits system.

You may be entitled to a child care increase, which is a partial financial compensation in the costs of child care.

The increase is €3,50 per full child care day per child.

You are entitled to it if the following conditions are met:

• The child care is recognized by Kind & Gezin.
• The rate does not depend on the parents’ income.
• The child is not yet enrolled in nursery class.

You can then claim the child care increase from FONS, the public child benefits agency in Flanders.

You may be entitled to a school increase if your child goes to kindergarten, a primary school or a secondary school in Brussels recognized by Flanders.

You are only entitled to it if your child goes to school regularly, and the family’s income must not exceed a specific threshold.

The amount of the increase depends on:

• the field of study
• the family situation
• the parents’ taxable income
• the parents’ cadastral income

You can then claim the child care increase from FONS, the public child benefits agency in Flanders.

Visit www.groeipakket.be, call FONS at 078 79 00 07 or email to <a href=”mailto:welkom@fons.be”>welkom@fons.be.</a>