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B.C. Relaxes Child Care Subsidy Eligibility Rules Around Support Payments

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 30 Mar, 2016 01:39 PM
    VICTORIA — The Children's Ministry says child support payments will no longer be part of the calculations that determine child care subsidies for low-income families in British Columbia.
     
    The ministry says the change on Friday will put more money in the pockets of about 900 families that become eligible for subsidies or increases to their existing subsidies.
     
    Families can receive a maximum of $750 a month per child, depending on their income, size, ages of children and child care needs.
     
    Children's Minister Stephanie Cadieux says low-income parents who receive child support payments shouldn't be penalized when applying for additional support.
     
    The ministry says the change makes the subsidy program fair and efficient.
     
    It says 2,400 new licensed child care spaces have been created since November 2014 and another 1,850 spaces are expected by late 2017.

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