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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 free fuel cards to families who must frequently travel to the IWK to provide their children with urgent medical care.
Assistance is not guaranteed and may not be available every visit.
An Irving Oil program but accessed through the IWK.
Assistance is not guaranteed and may not be available every visit.
An Irving Oil program but accessed through the IWK.
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A funding support program that provides financial assistance to Islanders who are accessing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI) and associated prescribed medications at out-of-province Canadian fertility clinics.
Note: Approved applicants must submit expenses that occur after their approval date. Retroactive expenses will not be eligible for reimbursement.
Note: Approved applicants must submit expenses that occur after their approval date. Retroactive expenses will not be eligible for reimbursement.
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Financial assistance benefit for individuals who are away form work because they are pregnant or have recently given birth or parents who are away from work to care for their newborn or newly adopted child.
EI Maternity Benefits: Available to the person who is away form work due to pregnancy or have recently given birth (biological and surrogate mothers).
EI Parental Benefits: Available to parents who are caring for a newborn or newly adopted child or children.
There are two options available for receiving parental benefits:
EI Maternity Benefits: Available to the person who is away form work due to pregnancy or have recently given birth (biological and surrogate mothers).
- A maximum of 15 weeks of EI maternity benefits is available
- Benefits can be paid as early as 12 weeks before the expected date of birth and not more than 17 weeks after the due date
- The weekly benefit rate is 55% of the claimant's average weekly insurable earnings up to a maximum amount
- Individual claiming maternity benefits may be able to also claim parental benefits
EI Parental Benefits: Available to parents who are caring for a newborn or newly adopted child or children.
There are two options available for receiving parental benefits:
- Standard Parental Benefits:
- Can be paid for a maximum of 40 weeks and shared by parents but one parent cannot receive more than 35 weeks
- Must be claimed within a 52 week period (12 months) after the week the child was born or placed for the purpose of adoption
- The weekly benefit rate is 55% of the claimant's average weekly insurable earnings up to a maximum amount
- Extended Parental Benefits:
- Can be paid for a maximum of 69 weeks and shared by parents but one parent cannot claim more than 61 weeks
- Must be claimed within a 78-week period (18 months) after the week the child was born or placed for the purpose of adoption
- The benefit rate is 33% of the claimant's average weekly insurable earnings up to a maximum amount
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Provides Caregiving Benefits through Employment Insurance. Eligible caregivers could receive financial assistance of up to 55% of their earnings, to a maximum of $638 a week. These benefits will help them take time away from work to provide care or support to a critically ill or injured person or someone needing end-of-life care.
Caregivers do not have to be related to or live with the person they are caring for but they must consider you to be like family. There are three types of caregiving benefits:
Eligible caregivers can receive benefits during the 52 weeks following the date the person is certified by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner to be critically ill or injured or in need of end-of-life care. Eligible caregivers can take the weeks of benefits within this timeframe either all at once or in separate periods.
The weeks of benefits can be shared by eligible caregivers, either at the same time or one after another.
Caregivers do not have to be related to or live with the person they are caring for but they must consider you to be like family. There are three types of caregiving benefits:
- Family Caregiver Benefit for Children: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person under 18 years (maximum weeks payable up to 35 weeks)
- Family Caregiver Benefit for Adults: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person 18 years or older(maximum weeks payable up to 15 weeks)
- Compassionate Care Benefits: A person of any age who requires end-of-life care (maximum weeks payable up to 26 weeks)
Eligible caregivers can receive benefits during the 52 weeks following the date the person is certified by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner to be critically ill or injured or in need of end-of-life care. Eligible caregivers can take the weeks of benefits within this timeframe either all at once or in separate periods.
The weeks of benefits can be shared by eligible caregivers, either at the same time or one after another.
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Provides preventative services to children from birth to age 17. The services are provided in schools and dental health clinics in Charlottetown, Summerside and the Tignish Health Centre. Call to find out when the service will be provided in the attended school. Preventative services Includes:
- Annual oral health risk assessment
- Oral health instructions
- Topical fluoride application to prevent tooth decay
- Placement of dental sealants on teeth to prevent tooth decay
- Cleaning and/or polishing of teeth
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Funds orthodontic treatment for children in Epekwitk / PEI who have an orthodontic anomaly as a result of a cleft palate. Level of funding is 50% - 100% depending on family income and family size.
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Provides grants up to $500 to help families participate and travel to an in-person childhood arthritis camp hosted by the Arthritis Society.
Note: Applications can be submitted throughout the year. Application must be submitted at least two months prior to camp event date.
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One subsidy of up to $75 per year, per child available to help offset the cost of a child's participation in a sporting activities, camps, or lessons.
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Families living with ALS can apply for one of six $500 bursaries awarded per year to help their children or youth register for extracurricular activities such as:
- Camps
- Educational programs
- Sports
- Others
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Provides a monthly pension to the surviving spouse or common-law partner of a deceased Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributor.
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- 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
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- 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.