As part of a CF family, you may sometimes face situations where conditions of service in the CF prove too challenging for the FCP to accommodate. The CF is able to offer additional child care support in times of emergency, absence, illness, injury or death.
Emergency Child Care Services
Through Emergency Child Care (ECC) services, your local C/MFRC can help you meet unexpected child care needs that are a direct result of your duty requirements. C/MFRCs can support you during short-term crises until you are able to make longer-term child care arrangements.
Eligibility
C/MFRCs are authorized to fund up to 72 continuous hours of ECC under the following circumstances:
-
When you are away on duty or other military-related tasking and your spouse or usual caregiver is unavailable due to illness or family emergency;
-
When you are required to report for duty on short notice and your spouse or usual caregiver is unavailable; or
-
When your child is ill and your family is unable to access your usual child care arrangement at a time when your presence at work is critical to the military operation.
Funding
Funding is available for up to 72 hours of ECC for your family in the circumstances outlined above. In exceptional circumstances, additional funding may be available on a sliding scale of subsidization. Your C/MFRC can provide full details.
You should:
-
Have an FCP in place in the event of an emergency or planned deployment; and
-
Update your FCP regularly and share it with your local C/MFRC, so that the Centre is better able to provide ECC services quickly.
Emergency Respite Child Care Services
Your family may access Emergency Respite Child Care (ERCC) services while you are away on duty in order to support family health and well-being. The services offered through your local C/MFRC can help your family relieve some of the stress related to child care.
Eligibility
C/MFRCs are authorized to fund up to 72 hours of ERCC for your family should you need a period of respite for continued health and well-being during the CF member’s absence due to a military-related tasking.
Funding
Funding of ERCC is available for up to 72 hours to your family in the circumstances outlined above. In exceptional circumstances, additional funding may be available on a sliding scale of subsidization. Your C/MFRC can provide full details.
You should:
Casualty Support Child Care Services
Through Casualty Support Child Care (CSCC) services, C/MFRCs provide additional child care services to support the families of CF personnel who are ill, injured, or have died while serving.
Eligibility
C/MFRCs are authorized to fund up to 168 hours of CSCC under any of the following circumstances:
-
To facilitate your family’s attendance and participation at medical, mental health or social support service appointments that will help in the CF member’s recuperation;
-
To provide respite for your family;
-
To allow your family to participate in repatriation services (e.g. Trenton, Landstuhl);
-
To support your family throughout the funeral and bereavement process.
Funding
Funding of CSCC is available for up to 168 hours for your family in the circumstances outlined above. Your C/MFRC can provide full details.
You should: