The Manitoba government is spending $3.59 million to support an increase in basic maintenance rates for children in care, including children in foster homes, and those under kinship and customary care agreements.
Basic maintenance is the minimum amount payable to a foster parent to support a child in care through a Child and Family Services agency. It’s intended to cover basic needs such as food and clothing.
Daily rates will increase to between $24.32 and $34.72, depending on age and where the child lives.
In making the announcement today, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine noted that basic maintenance rates have not increased since October 2012.
