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Financial Support Program for Parents Expanded and Extended

December 22, 2020 By Josh

December 22, 2020

The Ontario Government has expanded the Support for Learners program to include secondary school-aged students and have extended the deadline to apply.

For families whose child is 12 years old or younger or 21 and younger with special needs

This program is available to parents if their child is attending a publicly funded, private, First Nation operated or federally operated school (either in-person or online), is homeschooled, is enrolled in child care, or is at home.

Support for Learners funding is intended to assist parents with costs incurred during the second wave of COVID-19 for the 2020-2021 school year. Eligible parents or guardians will receive a one-time payment of:

  • $200 for each child up to age 12
  • $250 for each child or youth up to age 21 years with special needs

Parents or guardians, who are residents of Ontario, with eligible children will need to submit a new application for each child. To find out more information or to apply parents will visit Ontario.ca/SupportforLearners.

The application process will now close on February 8, 2021.

For families of students 13 years of age or older

Starting January 11, 2021, families of students 13 years of age and older will be able to apply for the Support for Learners program.

Parents or guardians will receive a one-time payment of $200 per eligible student to help offset education expenses. Support will be available for those who attend a public or private school or who are homeschooled.

  • $200 for each child
  • $250 for each child or youth up to age 21 years with special needs

Parents or guardians, who are residents of Ontario, with eligible children will need to submit a new application for each child. To find out more information or to apply parents will visit Ontario.ca/SupportforLearners.

The application process closes on February 8, 2021.

This investment is in addition to the initial $378 million investment the government provided in Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID‑19, released in March 2020, which assisted parents while Ontario schools and childcare centres were closed during the first wave of the COVID‑19 pandemic.

Filed Under: News and Announcements, NNDSB Featured

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