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Family and Children Financial Assistance
Programs that provide financial assistance and benefits to support families, children, and caregivers in Canada. They include income support for parents, child-rearing provisions, maternity and parental leave, fertility assistance, and benefits for children and survivors under the Canada Pension Plan.
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Provides a wish to children diagnosed with a critical illness.
Different types of wishes can be granted and can include travel, kids meeting their favorite celebrity, and more. Staff works with the family closely to grant the wish.
Different types of wishes can be granted and can include travel, kids meeting their favorite celebrity, and more. Staff works with the family closely to grant the wish.
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Provides eligible applicants with financial relief by cancelling their PEI provincial student loan debt if they have a severe permanent disability that prevents them from participating in post-secondary studies and the labour force for the remainder of their life.
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Provides a tax-free monthly payment to eligible families to help offset the costs of raising children. PEICB will be in addition to the federal Canada Child Benefit and is administered by CRA on behalf of the Government of PEI.
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Assists eligible parents with the cost of child care and daycare services for children up to 12 years of age.
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Subsidy available to help offset the cost of a child's participation in a physical recreation activity. Maximum subsidy is $150 per child or 50% of the registration fee, whichever is the lesser of the two, to a maximum of $300 per family, all per year.
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Helps cover the costs of annual eye exams and and up to three pairs of glasses for children in grades one-six, as needed.
Note: Children must be registered before submitting claims to Health PEI. Without proof of eligibility, families may need to pay full cost.
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Public Health - Eye See...Eye Learn Program Provided by: Health PEI
Provides one free eye exam and, if required, one free pair of glasses during a child's kindergarten year.
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Helps families who face financial barriers to their children participating in sports by providing grants of up to $600 per child per year.
Grants may be applied to more than one sport and to required equipment. There is no limit to the number of children who may receive a grant within one family. Sport activities must be affiliated with member sport organizations of Sport PEI.
Grants may be applied to more than one sport and to required equipment. There is no limit to the number of children who may receive a grant within one family. Sport activities must be affiliated with member sport organizations of Sport PEI.
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Responds to unmet needs of First Nations children no matter where they live in Canada. Includes:
Examples of coverage include:
Health:
- Informing families about the help available for their child and how to access it
- Coordinating access to products, services and supports
- Providing funding when it is needed to make sure products, services and supports are accessed without delay
Examples of coverage include:
Health:
- Mobility aids
- Wheelchair ramps
- Addiction services
- Mental health services
- Specialized hearing aids
- Traditional healing services
- Services for children in care
- Assessments and screenings
- Transportation to appointments
- Medical supplies and equipment
- Long-term care for children with specialized needs
- Therapeutic services for individuals or groups (speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy)
- Personal support worker
- Social worker
- Specialized summer camps
- Respite care (individual or group)
- Specialized programs based on cultural beliefs and practices
- School supplies
- Tutoring services
- Specialized school transportation
- Teaching assistance
- Psycho-education assessments
- Assistive technologies
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Helps low-income clients apply for external funding to allow children and youth to participate in sports programs in PEI. Also offers a program to loan equipment needed for some organized sports.
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- Disaster / Extreme Weather
- Dental and Pharmacare
- Education and Training
- Family and Children Financial Assistance
- Financial Assistance for Indigenous Peoples
- Financial Assistance for Older Adults
- Financial Assistance for People with Disabilities
- Government Benefits
- Health Expense and Medical Equipment
- Home Purchase and Rental Support
- Home Renovation and Repair Assistance
- Medical Transportation Assistance
- Money Management and Tax Supports
- Recreation
- Utilities
- Veterans Financial Assistance
- Workers Financial Assistance
- Camps, Classes and Social Events
- Child and Youth
- Dental
- Find a Health Professional
- Health Condition Organizations
- Health Support Groups
- Home Supports and Long Term Care
- Hospitals and Walk-ins
- Immunizations, Medical Records, Screenings and Tests
- Medical Equipment and Specialized Needs
- Medical Expense Assistance
- Medical Transportation
- Navigation and Health Helplines
- Older Adults
- Respite, Hospice and Palliative Care
- Sexual Health
- Women, Pregnancy and Postnatal
We acknowledge that the land on which we learn, live and work is the traditional unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people of Epekwitk, represented by the Abegweit First Nation and Lennox Island First Nation.