Another $200 Covid Childcare benefit From Ontario Govt

What is the eligibility criteria for that?

Will be dropping it straight into RESPs!

$200 per child or per family ??

apnayloags wrote: ↑ $200 per child or per family ??

per child

my child has just been diagnosed as special need, but how/where do I let ON know about it or am I too late to the party? when i applied earlier in the year, he was "normal"..

jeeva86 wrote: ↑ per child

my child has just been diagnosed as special need, but how/where do I let ON know about it or am I too late to the party? when i applied earlier in the year, he was "normal"..

I think you indicate when u apply online.
Or call them once you apply...

apnayloags wrote: ↑ I think you indicate when u apply online.
Or call them once you apply...

thanks, i just re-read the article, seems like we'd have to apply for this, I thought u don't apply if you already did earlier in the year? didn't we get 2x$200 in benefits?

jeeva86 wrote: ↑ per child

my child has just been diagnosed as special need, but how/where do I let ON know about it or am I too late to the party? when i applied earlier in the year, he was "normal"..

ON called / integrate with school. They validated my child name with school in my case

jeeva86 wrote: ↑ per child

my child has just been diagnosed as special need, but how/where do I let ON know about it or am I too late to the party? when i applied earlier in the year, he was "normal"..

Do you qualify and receive the Disability Tax Credit?

zeddy wrote: ↑ Do you qualify and receive the Disability Tax Credit?

I qualify but that application was only submitted a few weeks ago. Would my cra login show my validity?

If you have a child who has a disability in Ontario, apply for The Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities. It's a program similar to ODSP, and there are probably a few similar programs as well. (I used to know the name of another one.)

This is similar to a program initiated in April, which you applied for online.

The province will open an online application portal by April 6, and payments to parents will begin “shortly thereafter,” a government official said at a background briefing.

As this is an Ontario government program, I doubt there's any connection to the Disability Tax Credit. Of course, if someone has a qualifying disabled child they should apply for the DTC. Even if their income is very low and they don't pay tax, it increases the Canada Child Benefit. If they pay tax they can also claim the child's Disability Tax Credit.

How does one apply for this second round of one-time payment of $200 per child?

Does anybody have a link to this benefit?? I can't seem to find it online.

I don't think you need to re-apply. This is the second payment and should be issued to families that have already received the previous payment of $200.

https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/money/tor ... d-you-have

YoshiF wrote: ↑ I don't think you need to re-apply. This is the second payment and should be issued to families that have already received the previous payment of $200.

https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/money/tor ... d-you-have

Couldn't find a link online to apply. Hope its automatic

Any update on this?

Is it automatic or do we have to apply?

Poor communication from Gov't of Ontario on this! Nothing on their website (that i can find at least).

this goes back to my previous q of how do I now get $250, since my lil one is "special needs" now vs. when I initially applied in May ish.

from the OP's article:

UPDATE - Nov. 23, 2020: A spokesperson for the province said it will be rolling out the web-based application to apply for the child benefit shortly.

jeeva86 wrote: ↑ this goes back to my previous q of how do I now get $250, since my lil one is "special needs" now vs. when I initially applied in May ish.

I am in the same boat and couldn't figure this out for the previous payment (they just took the info from when I applied for payments for strike days). I've tried calling multiple times over the past few months for first round and could never get through to an actual person. No way to contact them to update.

jeeva86 wrote: ↑ from the OP's article:

thanks for the update. there has been no news on this. They said they would send payments in mid december. dont see how that is likely given the date now