Fees

Effective January 1, 2024:

All new waitlist applicants will be assessed a waitlist fee of $75 for the first child, and $50 for each subsequent child in the family. Waitlist fees are non-refundable, and do not guarantee placement, but will be applied to the first month’s childcare fee if a space is offered and accepted.

With an operational grant per enrolled space coming from the Federal-Provincial Childcare Agreement, fees will be reduced to:

All ages: $326.25/month

  • Short-Term Contingency Care (all ages): $75/full day (4.25 hours +) or $40/half day (up to 4 hours); capped at $230/month for under 99 hours and $326.25 for 100 hours or more

(Base fees are $1601.81 for infants 18 months or younger; $1297.44 for children 19 to 35 months; and $1194.73 for children 3 years and older. The difference between these base fees and the $326.25 parent portion is covered by an affordability grant as part of the Canada-Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.)

According to EHWCCS’s Enrolment Policy:

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  • For any use of the regular full-time spaces in either room, parents/guardians will be charged the full monthly rate, as determined by the board and the child’s age.
  • Reduced fees for part-time use will not be considered, except in unique circumstances

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  • Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the board or its designated committee (e.g., Finance Committee). 
  • Exceptions will only be considered for approval when enrolment forecasting demonstrates the arrangement will not create enrolment pressure in the room over the long term.
  • Requests for an exception will be considered on a first come, first served basis.

Use of the Short-Term Contingency Care spaces will incur daily fees as described above, capped monthly at the full-time fee for the child’s age.

We are able to directly invoice approved sources of financial support (i.e. FSCD, Supported Childcare, MFRC, etc.) where appropriate or necessary to support families using our Short-Term Contingency Care in order to make accessing services within the Glenrose Hospital possible. Please contact our office for more information about financial support for short-term contingency care.