April 1st Changes - Alberta

April 1st Changes - Alberta

For Alberta based childcare centres, effective April 1st, 2025, the new grant program will come into effect.  Please follow these steps to prepare for this changeover.

  1. Go to Admin > Finance > Grants
    1. De-activate all the old grants
    2. Do not delete, rename or re-use the old grants
    3. Create brand new grants for the new amounts
  2. Go to Finance > Fee Schedule
    1. Update the childcare fees for each age group
    2. Multiple age groups will have the same fee
    3. Do not modify your age groups
    4. Any child who is currently paying the age group fee will be automatically updated
  3. Go to each child
    1. End date each grant for March 31st.
    2. End date each subsidy for March 31st.
    3. Add the new grants you created in step 1.

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