Funding and support: you apply
Eligible families can apply for funding to help cover child care costs through BC’s Affordable Child Care Benefit. For children with extra support needs, families can also apply to Supported Child Development programs.
Affordable Child Care Benefit
The Affordable Child Care Benefit (ACCB) is a provincial program that helps eligible families with the cost of child care. Factors such as income, family size and type of care determine how much support families can receive. Learn more about the Affordable Child Care Benefit.
Please note that families receiving the ACCB are responsible for all UBC Child Care fees, even if their ACCB claim expires, they no longer meet eligibility requirements or their claim is denied.
Families receiving the ACCB should pay particular attention to the attendance requirements outlined in the benefit’s regulations.
UBC Okanagan Child Care is registered through My Family Services, which is an online application platform. You will be required to have a BCEID to create an account.
Supported Child Development programs
Supported Child Development programs are community-based programs that offer a range of consulting and support services to children, families and child care centres so that children with extra support needs can participate in fully inclusive child care settings.
Funding: we apply
$10 a Day ChildCareBC Program
The $10 a Day ChildCareBC program is a new provincial program that is helping make child care more affordable for families in BC. For settings that receive funding under this program, families pay no more than $200 per month per child for full-time enrolment during regular business hours.
All of our group child care settings for children birth to school age have received approval for $10 a day child care (before and after school care is not part of this program).
Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement
Through the BC provincial government’s Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement program (ECE-WE), educators working in approved, licensed child care facilities are eligible to receive a $4 per hour wage enhancement.
We are pleased to participate in the ECE-WE and offer increased wages for our skilled and talented educators.