Maintenance Fund: Definitions
Last updated on August 13, 2024Defined terms commonly used for the Maintenance Fund.
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- Applicant
- Application
- Child Care Facility
- Child Minding
- Emergency Circumstances
- Financial Reconciliation
- For-profit Licensed Child Care Providers
- Good Standing
- Indigenous Not-for-profit Society
- Licensed Child Care Spaces
- Local Government
- Ministry
- Not-for-profit Society
- Not-for-profit Licensed Child Care Provider
- Occasional Child Care
- Personal Residence Providers
- Proof of Payment
- Recipient
- Repair and Replacement Expenses
- Required Relocation
- Single Physical Location
- Third Party at Arm's Length
A submission of the ChildCareBC Maintenance Fund Application form with mandatory supporting documentation.
The physical building, facility, or area of land where the child care service is being offered.
A child care program located in a facility (i.e., Recreation Centre, Shopping Centre, etc.), that allows parents to participate at the facility while their children are cared for by an adult.
Sudden and unexpected circumstances which pose a danger to the health and/or safety of the children being cared for and/or would cause the immediate closure of a program.
Providing evidence to support your costs against the grant funding received from the Ministry. A complete Financial Reconciliation includes submission of a Financial Reconciliation Report, proof of payment for all expenses incurred up to the dollar value of the grant, and, for required relocations, the submission of a Community Care and Assisted Living Act licence at the relocated site.
Organizations including limited companies, incorporated companies, sole proprietors, and partnerships that provide licensed child care services under a Community Care and Assisted Living Act licence.
The applicant does not have an outstanding debt owing to the Ministry for which no payment plan or arrangements have been established or there is a breach of any such payment plan or arrangements that have been established.
If registered with the Corporate BC Registry, the applicant does not have any outstanding annual reports or any additional infractions.
If the applicant holds an ECE certification, it is currently active (not expired or suspended) with the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Registry and does not currently have open investigations.
The number of spaces as reported on the licence issued under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care, which is responsible for the ChildCareBC Maintenance Fund
A society as established under the Societies Act or under the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act.
Organizations including, local governments, school boards, Health Authorities, public institutions, Indigenous Governments, non-profit societies and Indigenous non- profit societies that provide licensed child care services under a Community Care and Assisted Living Act licence.
A receipt reflecting the purchase of all eligible expenditures up to the dollar value of the grant (i.e., transaction receipts, bank statements, copy of the cheque, etc.) that contains an itemized description of the products purchased and the date the financial transaction was performed.
Expenses directly related to the repair and/or replacement of existing eligible items of the licensed child care facility.
The physical relocation of a licensed child care facility required to remain in compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act. For example, a physical relocation could be required because of a sudden and unexpected lease termination or a natural disaster.
Includes all structures, facilities, and land that occupy the same location, as determined by, but not limited to, shared address elements (e.g., street name, civic number, and postal code).
The condition that the companies/suppliers providing quotes or services for the requested or purchased expenses are unrelated, independent and on equal footing from one another and the applicant/recipient. For the purpose of this definition, related persons are not at arm’s length, and include individuals related by familiar relationships and/or business relationships (e.g., a spouse/common law, child, parent, sibling, Applicant’s director and/or officers, business partners, corporations under common control, etc.).