Application for change in service needs

A guardian can agree to a reduced need for services either as shorter daily early childhood education hours, with the child being present for less than 5 hours or less than 7 hours daily, or as full-time early childhood education for 10 days or 13 days per month. The agreement is made for a minimum period of five months and can only be changed during the contract period for a justified reason (family situation, studies, unemployment, layoff, employment, or job change). The agreement is made from the beginning of the month and cannot be made retroactively for the previous calendar month. The City of Oulu has the right to unilaterally change the agreement if it is repeatedly exceeded.

How to submit an application for change in servise needs

1. Log in to eVaka at varhaiskasvatus.ouka.fi.
2. Open the Children menu and navigate to the child for whom you want to submit the application.
3. Open the Service need section.
4. Click Propose a change to the need of service and fill out the application.
5. Click Send.

Once the daycare director has approved or rejected your application, you will receive a notification in eVaka and also via email if you have saved your email address in eVaka and allowed email alerts.

Please note that the other guardian of the child can see the submitted application for change in service needs in eVaka. Only the guardian who submitted the application can cancel it.

Fees based on service needs

Exceeding Contract Days

10 days / month contract: Exceeding the contract days will be charged separately based on income as an additional daily fee. If the agreed 10 days are exceeded by 1–3 days, an additional daily fee will be charged for each excess day. If the number of days used in a month is 13 or more, the full monthly fee will be charged.

13 days contract: If the agreed 13 days are exceeded, the full monthly fee will be charged.