Background and Policy Context on Ontario Child Benefit
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Student: J. Mrda
Background and Policy Context on Ontario Child Benefit
During the summer of 2009 the McGuinty government has proposed; after much dedicated, valuable researched time and hard work over and over again, to build a prosperous opportunity for Low-Income families and children living in Ontario (Backgrounder, 2009). The whole purpose of this new and improved Ontario Child Benefit policy is to reduce Ontario`s children poverty rate and the poverty rate in general. The Liberals main targeted goal is set out to reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over the next 5 years (approx. 90,000 kids) (Backgrounder, 2009).
The plan has been set out in place. Starting in the summer months of 2009 each low-income family will receive more money than the previous rate of a maximum of $600 dollars a year, in order to help with the raising of their children to reach their full potential (Backgrounder, 2009). The benefit is set out to reach 1.3 million kids and is almost doubling to a maximum of $1,100 per child this year (Backgrounder, 2009).
Who is eligible and how can they apply:
Families with a yearly income of $20,000 or less will receive the full Ontario Child Benefit plan for each child in their care (Backgrounder, 2009). The parents who are earning more may also be eligible, based on the number of children under 18 and the family yearly income. Parents don’t need to apply for the Ontario Child Benefit. To be eligible they must officially file their income taxes on a yearly basis, register for the Canada Child Tax Benefit, have a child(ren) under age 18, and be permanently living in Ontario (Backgrounder, 2009).
With this great plan in action, why is the poverty issue still a problem we might wonder? Well there are many other ways of fixing the problem, which need to be considered into the equation. Increasing the Ontario Child Benefit yearly fee to all families in need is just one...
Student: J. Mrda
Background and Policy Context on Ontario Child Benefit
During the summer of 2009 the McGuinty government has proposed; after much dedicated, valuable researched time and hard work over and over again, to build a prosperous opportunity for Low-Income families and children living in Ontario (Backgrounder, 2009). The whole purpose of this new and improved Ontario Child Benefit policy is to reduce Ontario`s children poverty rate and the poverty rate in general. The Liberals main targeted goal is set out to reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over the next 5 years (approx. 90,000 kids) (Backgrounder, 2009).
The plan has been set out in place. Starting in the summer months of 2009 each low-income family will receive more money than the previous rate of a maximum of $600 dollars a year, in order to help with the raising of their children to reach their full potential (Backgrounder, 2009). The benefit is set out to reach 1.3 million kids and is almost doubling to a maximum of $1,100 per child this year (Backgrounder, 2009).
Who is eligible and how can they apply:
Families with a yearly income of $20,000 or less will receive the full Ontario Child Benefit plan for each child in their care (Backgrounder, 2009). The parents who are earning more may also be eligible, based on the number of children under 18 and the family yearly income. Parents don’t need to apply for the Ontario Child Benefit. To be eligible they must officially file their income taxes on a yearly basis, register for the Canada Child Tax Benefit, have a child(ren) under age 18, and be permanently living in Ontario (Backgrounder, 2009).
With this great plan in action, why is the poverty issue still a problem we might wonder? Well there are many other ways of fixing the problem, which need to be considered into the equation. Increasing the Ontario Child Benefit yearly fee to all families in need is just one...