Maintenance Fund

Eligible applicants include:

1. Not-for-profit licensed child care providers, including:
   • local governments
   • school boards
   • health Authorities
   • public institutions
   • Indigenous governments
   • not-for-profit societies
   • Indigenous not-for-profit societies
2. For-profit licensed child care providers, including:
   • limited companies
   • incorporated companies
   • sole proprietors
   • partnerships

Eligible applicants are required to:

1. hold a current valid Community Care and Assisted Living Act facility licence and operate a licensed Group Child Care, Multi-Age, School Age on Shool Grounds, or Preschool, or operate a licensed Family Child Care or In- Home Multi-Age Child Care
2. be in compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act and the Child Care Licensing Regulation
3. be in receipt of Child Care Operating Funding*
4. be enrolled or commit to applying for enrolment in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative* for all eligible care categories for the current contract term, and adhere to all requirements including fee caps
5. be in good standing with the ministry
6. be in good standing with BC Corporate Registry (if applicable)
7. have not acquired the requested expenses or relocated prior to approval of an Application. In the case of fire or flood, where purchase is required prior to approval, please notify the ministry at MCF.CCCF@gov.bc.ca immediately with information about the nature of your emergency. Please note: this notification is not a guarantee of funding approval.

*$10 a Day ChildCareBC Sites and licensed Aboriginal Head Start facilities are exempt from these requirements.

Ineligible child care arrangements include:

• Licence-Not-Required
• Registered Licence-Not-Required
• Childminding
• Recreational care
• Occasional child care
• Residential care licenses

Please note: relocation support is not available to licensed personal residence providers, regardless of the licence type and circumstance.

Please review the full Terms and Conditions.

Once an application is complete, with all mandatory documents submitted, it is placed in the queue to be processed in date order, using the date when it is completed. Incomplete applications are not placed in processing queue.

Additionally, an application is not a guarantee of funding. If the application is incomplete or the required documentation is missing, the review process may be delayed, or the application may be found ineligible.

Funding is subject to availability within the fiscal year.