Child Care Fee Subsidy
Fee subsidy can help your family pay for child care fees when you are working, job searching, attending school or raising a child with diverse needs. ADSAB is committed to ensuring that quality, affordable, licensed child care is available to qualifying families in Algoma.
What is the childcare fee subsidy
The Child Care Fee Subsidy Program helps qualifying families cover the cost of licensed child care. Quality child care plays a key role in helping children develop the skills they need to be life long learners. It is also an essential support for many parents, helping them to balance the demands of career and family while participating in the workforce or pursuing education or training.
Eligibility
In order to qualify, parent(s) or guardians must be working or job searching; attending school or training; receiving Ontario Works benefits while participating in an approved activity; or there must be a social or special need. Parent(s) or guardians of a child applying to a licensed child care program, or a ‘before and after’ school program, may qualify if the child is up to 12 years old, or up to 18 years old if the child has special needs. After your application is received eligibility is determined at your intake interview, using a provincially mandated income test, provincial legislation, and municipal guidelines.
Based on eligibility, parents may pay a portion of the daily cost of child care to the child care centre and Children’s Services pays the balance of the daily cost directly to the child care centre.
Eligibility for child care subsidy is based on your “adjusted income”. Adjusted income is the net income which is shown on line 236 of your last year’s Federal Notice of Assessment document for both parents. As a result, parents applying for child care subsidy must provide a copy of:
The Federal Notice of Assessment and the Universal Child Care Benefit Statement (RC62) (if receiving this benefit)
OR The Canadian Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) Notice (see below).
The Canadian child tax benefit (CCTB) notice
Persons with a total adjusted income of $20 000.00 or less qualify for a full subsidy.
Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC)
The (CWELCC) agreement is between the Ontario and Federal government with the intent to:
- Help lower childcare fees for parents of children five years of age and under
- Give families access to more affordable and high-quality care options
- Increase child care spaces
- Support the early years workforce
Families with children aged 0-5 in licensed childcare settings will see financial relief through reduced parent fees.
Effective Dec. 31, 2022, childcare rates were reduced by 50% on average to a minimum of $12.00 per day by participating licensed childcare centres.
As of January 1, 2025, parents of children attending a CWELCC enrolled childcare centre will pay no more than $22.00 per day for children under 6.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/canada-ontario-early-years-and-child-care-agreement