The provincial government has pledged to reimburse parents for any child-care costs incurred during the Ontario teachers’ strikes. Depending on the child, parents are eligible to receive up to $60 per day.

Compensation for child-care costs applies for the whole school year so it’s retroactive, not just for future labour disruptions.

Here’s your guide on how to get compensation:

Rates:

$60 per day per child up to six years old who aren’t enrolled in school but attend a school-based daycare that’s closed by a strike.

$40 for kindergarten students.

$25 for students in grades 1 to 7.

$40 per day for families of children with special needs, from kindergarten to grade 12.

How to register:

Parents have to register online at https://www.iaccess.gov.on.ca/ParentAppWeb/parentapp/index.xhtml to receive the compensation.

Parents/guardians should only submit one application per child. Only one parent may apply for each child.

Once you click on the link, you fill out your child’s information, your information and your banking information.

For applicants choosing the direct deposit option, it should take about two weeks to receive your first payment. Direct deposit payments will be issued on a weekly basis thereafter.

No receipts are required for the payouts.

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Ford’s government has already announced it will spend up to $48 million per day to repay parents for child-care costs during any work stoppage from teacher strikes.

The daily subsidies of up to $60 per child will be funded by savings from teacher salaries during the walkouts.

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Parents have to register online, and on Wednesday alone about 12,000 had done so.

The government has set up a “Support for Parents Helpline” at 1-888-444-3770. It has also set up a website Ontario.ca/SupportForParents for parents with questions.

The Ministry of Education is working with Ministry of Finance and Revenue Canada to determine if the payment is taxable. When the B.C. government did in 2014, it was not taxable.