Child Care Start-Up Information Session

Abbotsford CCRR #102 - 2469 Montrose Ave, Abbotsford, BC, Canada

Are you interested in opening your own child care centre and not sure where to start? Join our CCRR consultants for a 1 hour information session that will provide you the beginning steps of starting and opening your in-home or commercial setting child care centre. *NO CERTIFICATE IS GIVEN FOR THIS INFORMATION SESSION

Mindful Communication: Shaping Confident and Resilient Children

Online

In this engaging and interactive workshop, Reena will guide parents and educators on how to use mindful communication to shape confident and resilient children. Through practical tools and strategies, participants will learn how the words we choose influence a child’s beliefs about themselves and their potential. Reena draws on her background in Early Childhood Education […]

Understanding Healthy Attachments

Online

Secure attachment bonds ensure children will feel secure, understood, and calm enough to experience optimal development of their nervous systems. The developing brain organizes itself to provide children with the best foundation for life: a feeling of safety that results in eagerness to learn, healthy self-awareness, trust, and empathy. How you provide space and environment […]

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Affordable Child Care Benefit

As of September 1, 2018, the Affordable Child Care Benefit has replaces the Child Care Subsidy. The new funding will help families with the cost of child care, depending on factors like family size, type of care and household income.

The Affordable Child Care Benefit replaces the current Child Care Subsidy on the basis of amendments made to the Child Care Subsidy Regulation.

Parents may be eligible if they…

  • Are a resident of B.C.
  • Are a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection
  • Demonstrate financial eligibility. Generally speaking, families that earn up to $111,000 may qualify for funding.
  • Are using an eligible type of child care. Most types of child care are eligible. (licensed group, family or preschool; license-not-required or registered license-not-required; in child’s own home). Child care by a family member who lives with you and licensed occasional child care are not eligible for funding.
  • Working or self-employed
  • Attending school
  • Participating in an employment program
  • Looking for work (only one parent or guardian)
  • Living with a medical condition
  • Have child care recommended by the Ministry of Education and Child Care (MECC)

The Abbotsford CCRR can assist you with:

  • Computer access to the online application process
  • Assistance with the application process
  • Phone access
  • Faxing of paper-based forms
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