Child day care

There are different forms of child day care in Dresden. These include the day nursery, the child day care centre, the kindergarten and the after-school care centre.

Children under 3 years are taken care of in the day nursery. Your child meets many other children in the day nursery. There are several child educators for your children in the day nursery. The child educators take care of your child.

The day care centre can be compared to a nursery. However, there is a maximum of five children in a group in a day care centre. This means that it is similar to a family. The people who look after your children are called childminders.

Children can start to go to the kindergarten when they are 3 years old and can stay there until they start going to school. There are also many children of the same age in the kindergarten. Child educators work in the kindergarten and take care of your children.

Children who already go to school can attend with other children the after-school care centre before or after their classes. The after-school care centre is another form of childcare from the first to the fourth grade. The after-school care centre is usually located in the school or nearby.

The childcare costs everywhere in the city are the same. These costs are also called Parental fees. Parental fees are expenses that must be paid monthly for the childcare. The amount of the parental fees depends on the form of the day care and childcare hours per day. The costs for the child day care at the day nursery or day care centre are the same. Under the following link you will find current information on parental contributions, catering costs, as well as the options for covering the costs of lunchtime meals, etc:

Further information on the valid parental contributions/ fees can be found in the information sheet:

If you have several children, are bringing up your children alone, have a low income or receive one of the following social benefits (citizen's allowance, social assistance according to SGB XII, asylum seeker benefits, child supplement, housing benefit), you can receive financial support. That means that you can pay reduced fees monthly or no fees at all for your childcare. You have to apply for this financial support. The name of this application is “Application for remission and reduction” (Antrag auf Erlass und Ermäßigung). You have to make the application at the Fees Office of the Office for Child Day-care Services (Beitragsstelle des Amtes für Kindertagesbetreuung).

If your child takes daily lunch together with other children, you also have to bear additional costs. These costs are called lunch costs. You can apply for a reduction of the lunch costs at the Social Welfare Office Education and Participation Division (Sozialamt im Sachgebiet Bildung und Teilhabe). You can find more information on this in the section "What benefits does the education package include" in Germen “Welche Leistungen beinhaltet das Bildungspaket” here:

You can find the application form here:

In Germany, children aged one and over have a legal right to a placement at a childcare facility. As soon as you have moved to Dresden and registered your place of residence, you can apply for a place in the childcare facility for your child. You may only do this once your child has been born. The application should be made up to eight months before you want to start the childcare.

Registration and Placement

Here you will find all information about registration and placement for childcare facilities as well as a link to the parental portal.

Registration

You can register your child after he/she is born at a day care facility (Kita for short) or child day care centre. The registration is possible online via the Kitaportal. You will find important information about the application under this link: Registration and Placement

At the Kitaportal you can register your child online at a day care facility or at a child day care centre. For the online registration in the Kitaportal, you need a user account, created on the Kitaportal website. The Kitaportal is available in German and English. You can access the Kitaportal online at any time, using any available Internet connection. For further information and a guide to the Kitaportal in German and English visit the following link:

The following link will take you directly to the online registration:

Placement

The Central Advice and Placement Centre of the Office for Child Day Care supports you in your search for a facility through to placement and offers personal appointments for this purpose.On request, an interpreter can be provided for the appointment. Please contact your refugee social worker (also known as social worker) to arrange a personal appointment with an interpreter.

During your personal consultation, the Central Advice and Placement Centre  will also consult you on the following important issues associated with child day care in Dresden:

• The steps to sign a care contract for childcare placement
• Calculation of the monthly parent fees for a day care facility
• Application for reduction or remission of the parental fees
• Supplying food for children at the day care facility
• Financial support for the lunch costs in the day care facility
• Dealing with illnesses at childcare facility
• Insurance protection and first aid at day care facility.

Overview of the childcare centres in Dresden              

There are many day care facilities and child day care centres in Dresden. That is why we recommend having a personal meeting in order to select and apply for a day care placement.

You will find a list of childcare facilities on the Internet. The list of the childcare centres and day nursery centres allows you to search under different criteria. The results list can be viewed online or be downloaded. Additionally, day care facilities and childcare centres invite you to open house days, open tours through the house or informative parents´ evenings. The Main Counselling and Placement Centre offers personal consultations on this topic. You will find the list of childcare facilities:

The information flyer for immigrant parents about child day care in Dresden provides you with further important information about child day care centres in Dresden. You will find the information flyer in German, English, Ukrainian, Russian, French and Spanish:

Office for Child Day Care- Central Advice and Placement Centre:

Visitor address

Amt für Kindertagesbetreuung
Zentrale Beratungs- und Vermittlungsstelle
Breitscheidstraße 78
01237 Dresden

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Phone 0351-4885051
email kindertagesbetreuung@dresden.de

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Postal address

Landeshauptstadt Dresden
Amt für Kindertagesbetreuung
Postfach 120020
01001 Dresden

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Opening hours

Mo and Fr 9am to 12pm
Tue and Thu 9am to 6pm

For questions regarding the placement of daycare places:

Visitor address

Amt für Kindertagesbetreuung
Zentrale Beratungs- und Vermittlungsstelle
Breitscheidstraße 78
01237 Dresden
House E,2. floor

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Phone 0351-4885051
email kindertagesbetreuung@dresden.de

For questions about the parental fees/ contributions:

Visitor address

Amt für Kindertagesbetreuung
Zentrale Beratungs- und Vermittlungsstelle
Breitscheidstraße 78
01237 Dresden
House E,2. floor

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Phone 0351-4885080
email kindertagesbetreuung@dresden.de

For questions about the reduction of the lunch costs in the childcare facility:

Visitor address

Sozialamt der Landeshauptstadt Dresden
Junghansstraße 2
01277 Dresden
Erdgeschoss

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Phone 0351-4884815
email bildungspaket@dresden.de

For further questions, please contact also your refugee social workers or the migration advisory centres for adults