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This program, provided through Manitoba Department of Families, supports families who are raising a child (or children) with developmental and physical disabilities, to meet some of the additional needs they may have. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MB-Childrens-disABILITY-Services-Final2.pdf” title=”MB Childrens disABILITY Services-Final2″]
The Primary Caregiver Tax Credit is a $1,400 ($1,275 prior to 2015) annual refundable personal income tax credit that can be claimed by any Manitoban who is giving ongoing voluntary care to a family member, a friend or a neighbour in Manitoba. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MB-Primary-Caregiver-Tax-Credit.pdf” title=”MB Primary Caregiver Tax Credit”]
The Alberta Child Health Benefit covers children’s health expenses for families with low incomes. This health plan is for children up to 18 years of age. Children who are 18 or 19 years old also qualify if they are living at home and attending high school. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alberta-Child-Health-Benefit-1.pdf” title=”Alberta Child Health Benefit”]
To access the provincial Alberta Child Benefit, you must register your child for the federal Canada Child Benefit. Once eligible, your Alberta Child Benefit will be automatically added to your Canada Child Benefit payments. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AlbertaChild-Benefit-Pathway.pdf” title=”AlbertaChild Benefit Pathway”]
The Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) Program gives a wide range of family-centred supports and services. Services are meant to help strengthen a families’ ability to promote their child’s healthy development and encourage their child’s participation in activities at home and in the community. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alberta-Family-Support-for-Children-with-Disabilities-FSCD.pdf” title=”Alberta Family Support for Children with Disabilities […]
The Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL) program assists Albertans with a long-term disability, chronic illness or terminal illness, in maintaining independence in their community. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alberta-Aids-to-Daily-Living-AADL.pdf” title=”Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL)”]
The Alberta Child Care Subsidy Program helps eligible families with children from 0-12 years old and who are not yet in grade 7 to pay child care costs for children enrolled in an approved family day home, a licensed daycare program, licensed out-of-school care program or licensed group family child care program. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alberta-Child-Care-Subsidy.pdf” title=”Alberta […]
The Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit (AFETC) helps lower and middle-income working families provide for their children. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alberta-AFETC-Final-1.pdf” title=”Alberta AFETC-Final”]
The family allowance payment is a form of universal provincial financial assistance paid to all eligible families with one or more dependent children under the age of 18 living with them. If your child was born in Quebec, no application is required as you are registered automatically. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Financial-Support_Québec_Québec-Family-Allowance.pdf” title=”QC FA FINAL”]
The Quebec Supplement for Handicapped Children is a financial assistance measure paid to the parents of a child whose health condition requires complex medical care at home or who has severe and persistent disabilities preventing them from carrying out the life habits of a child of their age for at least 1 year. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Financial-Support_Quebec-Supplement-for-Handicapped-Children.pdf” […]
The Quebec Supplement for Handicapped Children with Exceptional Care Needs is a financial assistance paid for a child who has prolonged physical impairments or a mental function that can be described as a severe and persistent disability(ies) which prevent them from carrying out, without assistance, daily activities similar to those expected for a child the […]
The Quebec Refundable Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit that subsidizes childcare expenses. You can claim this tax credit for childcare expenses every taxation year on your income tax returns. [pdf-embedder url=”https://childhooddisability.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Financial-Support_Quebec-Refundable-Tax-Credit-for-Child-Care-Expenses-1.pdf” title=”Quebec Refundable Tax Credit for Child Care Expenses-Final”]