Accreditation Funding for Out-of-School Care Programs

April 1, 2011 - Important Accreditation Funding Guide Updates

The Alberta Child Care Accreditation Funding Program Guides have been revised and contain important updates in the areas of quality funding, professional development funding and accredited program asset sales.

The Alberta Child Care Accreditation Funding program provides funding for licensed out-of-school care programs to become accredited and for the recruitment and retention of trained, qualified staff.

Alberta Child Care Accreditation Funding Program - Guide For Licensed Out-of-School Care Programs.

This funding guide provides the most recent information about the rates, procedures and eligibility requirements for all types of out-of-school care accreditation funding grants including:

  • Quality Funding Grant
  • Staff Support Funding (wage top-up)
  • Benefit Contribution Grant
  • Professional Development Grant
  • Child Care Staff Attraction Incentive Allowance

Overview of Out-of-School Care Accreditation Funding
Outline of the Accreditation Funding available to Licensed Out-of-School Care programs.

Staff Attraction Incentive Allowance
To assist child care programs to attract higher levels of certified staff, effective April 1, 2009 the Staff Attraction Incentive Allowance is offered under the Alberta Child Care Accreditation Funding Program to staff certified as child development workers and supervisors.