The B.C. government is boosting its monthly subsidy for young parents who rely on childcare to finish high school.
Subsidies will now be $1,500 per month for eligible parents who are under the age of 24 and had a child before their 20th birthday, as well as meet the other eligibility criteria for the .
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The province said the extra $3 million over three years towards the $1.6 million program will help about 220 young-parent families per year, and estimates childcare for a toddler costs roughly $1,200 per month.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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