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By Connor Gunn

Deadline for “Working Parent Benefit” ends March 31

Mar 17, 2021 | 3:46 PM

EDMONTON, AB– 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.

Alberta 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.

From the government’s release, 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.

“The pandemic and the economic downturn has created significant stress for working parents, many of whom have continued to fuel our economy and provide essential services through extreme challenges. The Working Parents Benefit puts money directly into the pockets of the families who need it most to assist them with the financial pressures they have faced this past year,” says Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Children’s Services.

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Those wanting to apply must provide a MyAlberta Digital ID in order to be eligible for the benefit.

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.

Apply for the benefit here.