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The affordability grant amount was calculated using average program fees across the province, per space per month, based on the type of child care and the age group: Alberta determined the average child care fee for a licensed space across the province and calculated the necessary affordability grant required to reduce fees by an average of 50% for 2022.
- Alberta Child Care Affordability Grant Guide
Child Care Fee – Affordability Grant = Parent Fee (before...
- Alberta child care affordability grant funding guide
Description. This document is a reference guide for the...
- Child Care Funding Fact Sheet - Alberta.ca
increased government funding through the Affordability...
- Federal-provincial child care agreement - Alberta.ca
The affordability grant amount was calculated using average...
- Alberta Child Care Affordability Grant Guide
Nov 12, 2024 · The affordability grant amount was calculated using average program fees across the province, per space per month, based on the type of child care and the age group. Alberta determined the average child care fee for a licensed space across the province and calculated the necessary affordability grant required to reduce fees by an average of 50% for 2022.
- Overview
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Attendance at Multiple Programs
- How to Receive Funding
- Step 1: Determine Eligibility
- Step 2: Create an Account on the Child Care Licensing Portal
- Step 3: Complete the Affordability Grant Agreement
- Note for Family Day Home Agencies
- Completing Schedule B – Cost Increase Replacement Funding
- Step 4: Submit Monthly Claims
- Reporting Children Not Approved (or waiting to be Approved) for Child Care Subsidy
- Program Adjustment Form
- Affordability Grant Agreement Requirements
- Reduce Parent Fees
- Charging Additional Fees
- Reimbursement of Parent Fees
- Use of Funds
- Claims Records
- Funding Adjustments
- Child Care Program Withdrawing from Agreement
- Change in Ownership
- Other Alberta Child Care Grants
- Contact Information
This document is a reference guide for the Affordability Grant provided under the Canada-Alberta Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. It outlines the eligibility, rates, and process for accessing the Affordability Grant for licensed daycares, out-of-school care programs, preschools, family day home agencies, and group family care in...
Children and Family Services and licensed child care operators share responsibility for the Affordability Grant. Specific roles and responsibilities for the Affordability Grant are as follows: Licensed Child Care Programs are responsible for signing and submitting their Affordability Grant Agreement and must agree to follow the terms of the agreeme...
Children may receive the Affordability Grant in multiple eligible child care programs, if parents pay the full parent fee and receive care, services, and programming. For example, a child registered in a day care and a preschool is eligible for two Affordability Grants if a monthly parent fee is charged and paid by the parent to attend both program...
Eligible licensed child care programs (not parents) must access the Affordability Grant through the online Child Care Licensing Portal.. Contact your licensing officer to electronically sign the Affordability Grant Agreement via the portal. The Affordability Grant is paid to eligible licensed child care programs that sign the Affordability Grant ag...
Licence holders or prospective licence holders planning to open or expand a child care program must first contact Child Care Licensing to determine whether their program and/or any additional spaces will be eligible for the Affordability Grant. Licensing staff will be able to discuss other necessary steps and considerations for opening or expanding...
To sign the online Grant Agreement, a licence holder representative who has signing authority must first create an account in the online Child Care Licensing Portal at https://childcareaccount.alberta.ca. Tips for using the Child Care Licensing Portal: Use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers Only one person per program should request access I...
Once the information entered in the online account is verified by Children and Family Services, the Affordability Grant agreement will be loaded to the main page of the Child Care Licensing Portal. The licence holder representative will receive an email confirmation notifying them the agreement is ready to be signed. The licence holder must review ...
If a family day home educator/provider rate is different from the licensed family day home agency’s rate, the agency should report the maximum rate charged per age category based on the educator/provider with the highest fee. Agencies can also enter the fees on Schedule A using the rates the agency would typically enter on the monthly online claim ...
Cost Increase Replacement Funding is funding to support programs with increased cost of doing business in lieu of the program increasing child care fees. Programs are not permitted to increase child care fees for the term of this Affordability Grant agreement. Cost Increase Replacement Funding is applied automatically to all monthly Affordability G...
After the Affordability Grant Agreement has been signed in the portal, participating child care programs can submit an online monthly claim through the online Child Care Claims Payment (C3P) system. Programs that do not yet have access to the C3P system must apply online at https://www.alberta.ca/online-child-care-claims-system. For more informatio...
Children who do not have or are waiting for an approval for Child Care Subsidy will not be individually listed in the operator’s C3P portal monthly claim form. To receive the Affordability Grant funding for these children, you will need to report them in the statistics form on the last page of your monthly claim by including the total number of chi...
After a payment is deposited, the program must request or report all funding adjustments due to errors and omissions using the Program Funding Adjustment form at alberta.ca/online-child-care-claims-system.aspx. Overpayments must also be reported using this form. This form must be sent to the Child Care Claims Unit as instructed on the form. It is r...
The program must comply with all the terms set out in the Affordability Grant Agreement that was signed between the grant recipient and the Minister.
The Affordability Grant must be used to reduce parent fees proportionate to the funding provided in accordance with the Affordability Grant agreement. Programs commit to reduce parent fees proportionately to amount of the grant effective the month the agreement is signed. The reduction is provided for each month a child is registered in an elig...
In accordance with Clause 3, programs shall not charge additional fees for any care, services or programming included within its child care fees under a prior Affordability Grant. In addition, programs cannot introduce or increase any administrative, operational, equipment or other overhead fees of a similar nature for the term of the Agreement.
In accordance with Clause 8, programs are required to reimburse parents in situations where the ministry has determined their child care fees exceed the maximum permitted amount. To remedy the situation, programs will be required to reduce fees to meet the maximum permitted amount and reimburse parents the total amount of fees paid in excess of the...
The funding from the Affordability Grant is to be used to reduce child care fees on behalf of parents. The revenue this generates can be used for any expenses that the child care program normally covers with the revenue from the parent fees, such as ongoing operational costs including wages, toys and equipment, utilities, food, rent/mortgage paymen...
In accordance with Clause 9, programs are required to keep and maintain adequate Claims Records for every parent and child (both subsidized and non-subsidized) to support and verify information entered the Claim System. Claims Records for each child must include: Name (legal name is preferred and the same name used if child has been approved for ...
Programs are required to submit a Program Adjustment Request Form if they receive incorrect funding, including affordability grant funding. The adjustments will be processed by Child Care Claims and the payments or retraction of funding will appear on the next claim payment. In accordance with Clause 5, the ministry may deduct amounts against the...
In accordance with Clause 13 “Termination of the Affordability Grant Agreement”, child care programs may withdraw from receiving the Affordability Grant by a written Grant Agreement termination notice from an authorized licence holder representative sent to cs.ccaffordgrant@gov.ab.ca. In situations where a program is eligible for the Affordability ...
In accordance with Clause 3(e), in situations where a program goes through a change in ownership, the program must immediately notify Child Care Licensing and email cs.ccaffordgrant@gov.ab.ca. Programs may be required to provide additional information or supporting documents related to the change in ownership as requested by the ministry.
This funding guide only applies to the Affordability Grant. The Government of Alberta also provides a number of other grants to child care programs, families and early childhood educators that are separate from the Affordability Grant. For information about the Alberta Child Care Subsidy Program, please visit alberta.ca/child-care-subsidy.aspx. For...
Please contact the appropriate area for any questions or issues relating to funding, licensing, subsidy, or for technical support. Contact information is included below and can also be found online at https://www.alberta.ca/contacts-for-child-care-programs-and-educators. Affordability Grant funding – contact the Affordability Grant team at cs.ccaff...
Description. This document is a reference guide for the Affordability Grant provided under the Alberta-Canada Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. It outlines the eligibility, rates, and process for accessing the Affordability Grant for licensed daycares, out-of-school care programs, preschools, family day home agencies, and group family ...
The Parent Fee is the Child Care Fee (before Affordability Grant and subsidy funding) minus the Affordability Grant funding rate. If this results in a parent fee of less than $217.50 per month before subsidy, the amount of the Affordability Grant will be proportionately reduced to maintain the minimum parent fee of $217.50 per month (or
increased government funding through the Affordability Grant, which was implemented in January 2022. The Affordability Grant is an operating grant for eligible programs that provides monthly funding that must be used to reduce parent fees proportionate to the amount received. The funding amount is based on the age of the child and the
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Affordability Grant Agreement and must agree to follow the terms of the agreement, which includes directly applying grant rates to the reduction of child care fees for parents. • Children’s Services – Child Care Branch is responsible for setting and maintaining requirements for the Affordability Grant and allocating funding to eligible ...
