Minimum attendance requirement for a CCAP payment — Effective April 1, 2026

A child must attend child care for a minimum of 40 hours in the service month to be eligible for a full-time CCAP payment. Children who are attending before or after school care are required to attend a minimum of 20 hours a service month to be eligible for a payment based on the approved level of care.

If a child attends less than the required amount of hours for both full-time and before and after school care, a payment may be issued based on actual hours attended.

Children who are attending drop-in care are required to attend a minimum of 40 hours in the service month to be eligible for a payment based on the approved level of care. If a child does not attend 40 hours a month, a provider must charge based on the actual hours attended.

This requirement also applies to children who have a parent receiving CCAP benefits through the Child Care Workforce Benefit.

This change will help ensure that CCAP payments better reflect the actual use of child care services.