Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.22127693

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

A cash for care benefit was provided through the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit

History

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Country

Canada

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash for care

Eligibility

People who were unable to work because they had to care for a child aged under 12 or other family member requiring supervised care

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

Oct-20

End Date

N/A

Amount

$CAD 500 per week for up to 26 weeks (later extended to 38 weeks) per household

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Gentilini, U., Almenfi, M., Orton, I. and Dale, P. (2021) Social protection and jobs responses to COVID-19: a real-time review of country measures ("living paper” version 15). 14 May 2021. Available at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33635