Working parents can apply to receive a one-time $561 per child benefit to help with the cost of child care

Working parents have until March 31 to apply to receive a one-time $561 per child benefit to help with the cost of child care.

Parents who used child care from April to December of 2020 while working or attending school, can apply now to receive the Working Parents Benefit at alberta.ca/WorkingParentsBenefit.

Families will be eligible to apply for the Working Parents Benefit if they have:

• A household annual income of $100,000 or less.
• Paid a total of $561 or more per child for at least three months of child care between April 1 and Dec. 31, 2020 (must provide receipts).
• Children born on or after Feb. 29, 2008, in any form of child care, including licensed or unlicensed child care.

A MyAlberta Digital ID is needed to apply for the benefit. Sign up for your MyAlberta Digital ID.

The Working Parents Benefit is in addition to the recently announced Critical Worker Benefit, a $1,200 payment to 330,000 front-line and essential workers, and the Enhanced COVID Business Benefit, a $10,000 support for businesses hit hardest by the pandemic.

Alberta’s government is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by protecting lives and livelihoods with precise measures to bend the curve, sustain small businesses and protect Alberta’s health-care system.

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