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Child Care Subsidy Program

The Métis Nation–Saskatchewan Childcare Subsidy Program offers vital support for Métis families to access affordable childcare. Eligible families with children aged birth to 12 years may see their childcare fees reduced to as low as $10 per day. If your household’s annual gross income is $100,000 or less, you may qualify for a reduction of the $218 fee, possibly lowering your cost to $0.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The child must be aged birth to 12 years old. The child will become ineligible the first day of the month following their 13th birthday
  • The child must be an MN–S citizen or in the process of acquiring citizenship and must not have applied for First Nation status. Please visit /citizenship/ for citizenship information
  • The child must reside within Saskatchewan
  • The applicant (parent/guardian) and child must reside within the same household
  • The child must be enrolled and attend a licensed, unlicensed, home based, before and after school, or family-provided childcare program
  • The applicant must be employed, enrolled in school, or have other circumstances that require childcare
  • Childcare fees are higher than $218 per month per child

Please Note: Recipients of the subsidy may be subject to applicable taxes on the amounts received. This may affect Income Supplement programs. T4A’s will be issued to the parent/guardian listed on the application.

For full details please read our Handbook:

CCS Handbook

For more information or questions, please reach out to childcaresubsidy@mns.ca

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MN-S Early Learning Childcare Subsidy Application

Parent 1 - Applicant

Employment/School Information

Property Address

Mailing Address (R.R #., Box #, Street Address, etc)

Parent 2 - Applicant

Reason for Childcare

Household Members - List all children you are applying for:

Child #1
Child #2
Child #3
Child #4
Child #5
Child #6

Declaration of Truth and Consent

  1. The applicant declares that all the information given are true and complete
  2. The child(ren) must be an MN­–S citizen or in the process of acquiring citizenship. Visit our website https://metisnationsk.com/citizenship/ for citizenship information.
  3. The applicant declares that their childcare arrangements are true and current to date of application
  4. The applicant gives consent to MN-S and its agents to investigate and disclose any of the facts given in this application form for internal purposes or to other agencies for any of these reasons
    1. To confirm childcare arrangements
    2. To confirm employment
    3. To confirm schooling
    4. To confirm eligibility of the program
  5. The applicant acknowledges and agrees that the facts given in this application form will be kept and disposed of as required by The Archives and Public Records Management Act
  6. The applicant agrees that MN-S may collect data for report and funding purposes
  7. The applicant agrees that MN-S may be required to complete surveys at any given time
  8. The applicant understands that this application does not obligate MN-S to approve funding.
Consent

"Applicant" refers to the Metis citizen who applies for the Childcare Subsidy Program. The applicant must be a parent or primary caregiver of the child for at least 50% of the time. The applicant is responsible for all communications with MN-S.

"Secondary Applicant" refers to another parent or caregiver living at the same address as the applicant and/or child. The secondary applicant has access to information and the status of application progress. The secondary applicant will never be issued payment for the subsidy and cannot make changes or updates to the original application. The secondary applicant cannot apply for the same program as the applicant UNLESS it is for other children not listed under the applicant.

Ma Faamii Citizen Support Workers

Ma Faamii

Ma Faamii, Citizen Support Workers

Phone:
1-877-638-4775
113-123 Avenue B South
Saskatoon, SK
S9X 1C7