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By Teagan Rasche

Help for parents and providers

Province gives more details on lower child-care fees next month

Dec 22, 2021 | 5:16 PM

Starting in January, $16.5 million in transition funding will be available for licensed child-care providers.

Those providers will receive a one-time transition grant of $211 per enrolled space.

This funding is to help them financially while the provinces shifts to more affordable child-care and lower fees.

The Alberta government says by mid-January grants and subsidies for parents will kick in in two ways.

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Affordability grants will be provided directly to licensed child-care providers to lower fees for all parents by a set amount.

As well, the income thresholds for child-care subsidy eligibility criteria will be raised to $180,000 so more families can benefit.