CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child Care Fee Subsidy

Hastings County Children’s Services provides child care fee subsidy to assist families in accessing quality child care. If families qualify, child care costs at licensed centres and licensed home-based providers may be fully or partially subsidized, with families required to pay a portion of monthly child care costs. 

 

Find information below about:

  • Qualifying for Child Care Fee Subsidy

  • Child Care Fee Subsidy Calculator

  • How to apply for Child Care Fee Subsidy

  • Child Care Subsidy Application Appointment

  • Your Responsibility while receiving Child Care Fee Subsidy

  • School-Age Recreation Programs

CRITERIA

TO APPLY FOR CHILD CARE FEE SUBSIDY

Have a child care space secured with a licensed, CWELCC enrolled child care provider

Have filed your previous year’s income tax return.

Have filed your previous year’s income tax return. If you arrived in Canada this year, you may provide your Canada Child Benefit notice instead

Child Care Fee Subsidy 

Eligibility Calculator

If a family’s combined net income from line 23600 of their most current Notice of Assessment(s) is less than $20,000, the child care costs will be fully subsidized. If a family’s combined net income is over $20,000, they will be required to pay a portion of the child care costs. There is no cut-off income level for eligibility for child care fee subsidy, as long as the child care costs are higher than the determined monthly contribution.

 

A families’ determined monthly contribution may be reduced up-to 50% depending on the number of Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) eligible children in the family.

 

Hastings County encourages all families to apply for child care fee subsidy as final eligibility is determined by a Child Care Caseworker.
 


MONTHLY Contribution

The Monthly Contribution is the fees payable by the child’s parent/guardian to the child care provider for all the children in the family

 

This calculator is for reference purposes only

 

The exact parental contribution will be determined by Children’s Services upon review of your application

Annual Combined                    
Net Income
Monthly family contribution before any applicable CWELCC reduction
Monthly family contribution if all children in the family using child care are CWELCC eligible 
$20,000$0$0
$25,000$41.67$20.84
$30,000$83.33$41.67
$35,000$125.00$62.50
$40,000$166.67$83.34
$45,000$291.67$145.84
$50,000$416.67$208.34
$55,000$541.67$270.84
$60,000$666.67$333.34
$65,000$791.67$395.84
$70,000$916.67$458.34
$75,000$1,041.67$520.84
$80,000$1,166.67$583.34
$85,000$1,291.67$645.84
$90,000$1,416.67$708.34
$95,000$1,541.67$770.84
$100,000$1,666.67$833.34

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FOR CHILD CARE FEE SUBSIDY

Documentation

for your child care fee subsidy appointment

Child Care Fee Subsidy Application Appointment

required documentation for child care subsidy

Income, Work and/or School Schedule

Most recent Notice of Assessment or Canada Child Tax Benefit Notice

You may request this by calling Revenue Canada at 1-800-959-8281

Identification 

One piece of identification per family member:

  • Birth Certificate, Driver's License or Health Card
  • Citizenship Papers if applicable
     
Housing Documentation

Rent receipt/ lease agreement
Mortgage documents or 
MPAC/ property tax document to verify current address

Custody

Court order or private agreement; if unavailable, a Custody Declaration Form may be requested from the Child Care Caseworker 

Employment & School

Four weeks of current, consecutive paystubs 

Letter from employer for new employment - if paystubs are not yet available, a detailed letter from the employer verifying hours and employment start date may be submitted in the interim 

Work schedule 

Business License for self-employment

OSAP Assessment Summary 

Official school schedule 

Child or Parent/Guardian Referral

Parent Special Needs/ Child’s Special Needs Referral if required

Child Care Special Needs Referral Form

Parent Special Needs Referral Form 
 

Cross Jurisdictional Child Care Fee Subsidy Agreements 

Hastings County currently has Cross Jurisdictional Child Care Fee Subsidy Agreements with the following municipalities: 

What does this mean?  


If you reside in Hastings County, but work or attend school in another municipality, you can choose a licensed, CWELCC enrolled provider within that municipality for your child to attend, while still being eligible to apply for fee subsidy in Hastings County. If you live in a municipality that we have an agreement with, you may apply for fee subsidy with that municipality for a licensed, CWELCC enrolled Hastings County Provider. 

While Receiving your Child Care Subsidy

To maintain your child care subsidy, you must:

  • Notify Hastings County of all financial changes immediately
  • Pay your child care fees directly to your child care service provider by the due date
  • Respond to any request or contact that your Hastings County Children’s Services caseworker makes with you
  • Complete the six-month review form and return it to Hastings County Children’s Services; complete the annual in-person review with Hastings County Children’s Services
  • File income tax return each year

School-Age Summer Recreation Programs

To qualify for fee subsidy for school age summer recreation programs in Belleville, Quinte West and Tweed: 

  • You must live in Hastings County
  • You must be working OR going to school at least three days a week (Monday-Friday)
  • Your child must be at least 4 years of age by September of the current year
  • You must meet the financial criteria determined at your initial appointment with a child care caseworker

Choose the weeks of summer you would like your child to attend, and confirm those dates are available with the YMCA and City of Belleville. Contact Hastings County Intake Access Centre at 613-771-9630 or 1-866-414-0300 to schedule an appointment to complete the application process.

  • Choose the weeks of summer you would like your child to attend, and confirm those dates are available with the YMCA or City of Belleville
  • Contact your current Hastings County Children’s Services caseworker with this information 
  • If eligible, your caseworker will send an approval letter to the camp provider to verify your space in the program