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OTTAWA, ON, May 12, 2021 /CNW/ - In the first four years since its implementation, the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) has helped lift nearly 435,000 children out of poverty. Families entitled to the CCB with children under the age of six can expect to receive a bit more money in the bank this year.
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development announced today that the CCB young child supplement (CCBYCS) will take effect later this month.
The Government of Canada recognizes that young families in particular have been impacted by the unpredictable expenses of the COVID-19 pandemic. This money will help pay for things such as short-term child care arrangements, healthy food, clothes, and activities they can do at home as a family.
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Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen takes part in an update on the COVID pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick May 10, 2021 - 2:44 PM
OTTAWA - Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the minister on the file.
Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said the changes respond to the concerns he heard from social-purpose organizations over the last year as their revenues dropped and demand for their services rose.
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OTTAWA - Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the minister on the file.
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen takes part in an update on the COVID pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA - Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the minister on the file.
Author of the article: Edmonton Journal
Publishing date: May 04, 2021 • May 4, 2021 • 6 minute read • Minister of Children s Services Rebecca Schulz visits a daycare at Canada Place after annoucing with federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen who was online, new funding for the child care sector in Edmonton, September 22, 2020. File photo. Photo by Ed Kaiser /Postmedia
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We owe our children a quality, affordable, accessible, inclusive system of early learning and care. This requires licensing to ensure standards, a work-force strategy to support necessary staffing, program development to meet diverse needs, and planning to distribute child care where needed.
Author of the article: Rebecca Schulz
Publishing date: May 01, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read • Minister of Children s Services Rebecca Schulz visits a daycare at Canada Place after annoucing with federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen who was online, new funding for the child care sector in Edmonton, September 22, 2020. File photo. Photo by Ed Kaiser /Postmedia
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Last week, the federal government announced a cornerstone of their budget would be a Canada-wide child-care system that would cost parents as little as $10 a day.
The announcement was met with enthusiasm from many working parents, who are rightly concerned about the affordability of child care. Indeed, child care will be an essential part of Alberta’s and Canada’s economic recovery. Over the last two years, we have made great strides to ensure that Alberta families have access to high quality, safe, and affordable child care. Alberta�