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The Alberta Child Health Benefit covers children’s health expenses for families with low incomes. This health plan is for children up to 18 years of age. Children who are 18 or 19 years old also qualify if they are living at home and attending high school.
To access the provincial Alberta Child Benefit, you must register your child for the federal Canada Child Benefit. Once eligible, your Alberta Child Benefit will be automatically added to your Canada Child Benefit payments.
The Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) Program gives a wide range of family-centred supports and services. Services are meant to help strengthen a families’ ability to promote their child’s healthy development and encourage their child’s participation in activities at home and in the community.
The Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL) program assists Albertans with a long-term disability, chronic illness or terminal illness, in maintaining independence in their community.
The Alberta Child Care Subsidy Program helps eligible families with children from 0-12 years old and who are not yet in grade 7 to pay child care costs for children enrolled in an approved family day home, a licensed daycare program, licensed out-of-school care program or licensed group family child care program.
The Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit (AFETC) helps lower and middle-income working families provide for their children.
This program assist families with the cost of caring for a child with disability. It provides equipment like wheelchairs, scooters, ramps and other mobility aid devices to help children with disability lead autonomous lives.