Caregivers
Programs for unpaid caregivers in Alberta
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Employment Insurance — ናይ ክንክን ጥቕምታት (ናይ ስድራቤት ኣላዪን ርህሩህ ክንክንን)
Service Canada’s published EI caregiving hub ንጥቕምታት ኣላዪ ስድራቤት ንኣዝዮም ዝሓመሙ ዓበይቲ ወይ ህጻናት ዝገልጽን ንናይ መወዳእታ ዕድመ ደገፍ ዝኸውን ርህራሄ ዝመልኦ ክንክን ጥቕምታትን ዝገልጽ፣ ምስ ዝተፈላለየ ሕግታት ሕክምናዊ ምስክር ወረቐት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/caregiving.htmlEI ናይ ስድራቤት ኣላዪ ሓገዝ ንዓበይቲ
ንሓደ ኣዝዩ ዝሓመመ ወይ ዝተጎድአ ዓቢ ሰብ ክንክን ወይ ደገፍ ኣብ እትገብረሉ እዋን ክሳብ 15 ሰሙን ዝኸውን EI ምትካእ እቶት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/caregiving.htmlEI ናይ ስድራቤት ኣላዪ ሓገዝ ንህጻናት
ትሕቲ 18 ዓመት ኣብ ከቢድ ኩነታት ዝሓመመ ወይ ዝተጎድአ ህጻን ኣብ እትኣልየሉ እዋን ክሳብ 35 ሰሙን EI ምትካእ እቶት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/caregiving.htmlEI ርህሩህ ክንክን ጥቕሚ
ኣብ ውሽጢ 26 ሰሙን ንሓደ ከቢድ ሕክምናዊ ኩነታትን ርኡይ ሓደጋ ሞትን ዘለዎ ሰብ ክትከናኸን ወይ ክትድግፎ ከለኻ ክሳብ 26 ሰሙን EI ምትካእ እቶት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/caregiving.htmlካናዳ ናይ ኣላዪ ልቓሕ
ንዝደኸመ መጻምድቲ ወይ ጽግዕተኛ ንምድጋፍ ዘይምለስ ናይ ፌደራል ግብሪ ምሕረት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/canada-caregiver-amount.htmlናይ ኣላዪ ኣፍልጦ ሓገዝ
For veterans' familiesካብ ግብሪ ነጻ ዝኾነ ወርሓዊ VAC (Veterans Affairs Canada) ክፍሊት ንዘይተኸፍለ ኣለይቲ ገዳይም ተጋደልቲ ከቢድ፣ ምስ ኣገልግሎት ዝተኣሳሰር ስንክልናን ናይ ስንክልና ሓገዝን ዘለዎም።
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/housing-and-home-life/help-at-home/caregiver-recognition-benefitኣገልግሎት ጥዕና ኣልበርታ — ሓበሬታ ክንክን ገዛ ንሕሙማትን ኣለይትን
ወግዓዊ ገጽ ኣገልግሎት ጥዕና ኣልበርታ፡ ክንክን ገዛ ብኸመይ ከም ዝሰርሕ፡ ተራ ኣለይቲ ኣብ ውጥን ክንክን፡ ከምኡ’ውን ናብ ተወሳኺ ናይ AHS ናቪጌሽን ማተርያል ዝገልጽ መላግቦታት።
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page12697.aspx
Old Age Security ጡረታ
ወርሓዊ ግብሪ ዝኽፈል ጡረታ ካብ 65 ዓመት ዕድመ ንነዊሕ እዋን ዝነብሩን ዜጋታትን፣ ምስ 10% ወሰኽ ካብ 75 ዓመት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/old-age-security.htmlGuaranteed Income Supplement
ንትሑት እቶት ዘለዎም ኣረጋውያን Old Age Security ዝረኽቡ ካብ ግብሪ ነጻ ዝኾነ ወርሓዊ ምምላእ ገንዘብ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement.htmlኣበል (ካብ 60 ክሳብ 64 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኦም)
ወርሓዊ ካብ ግብሪ ነጻ ዝኾነ ጥቕሚ ካብ 60 ክሳብ 64 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኦም ሰባት፡ መጻምድቶም ወይ መጻምድቶም GISን ምሉእ OASን ዝረኽቡ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement/allowance.htmlኣበል ንህይወት ዝደሓነ ሰብ
ወርሓዊ ካብ ግብሪ ነጻ ዝኾነ ሓገዝ ካብ 60 ክሳብ 64 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኦም ትሑት ኣታዊ ዘለዎም መበለታት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement/allowance-survivor.htmlCPP (Canada Pension Plan) ናይ ስንክልና ሓገዝ
ወርሓዊ CPP ናይ ስንክልና ጡረታ ንትሕቲ 65 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኦም ከቢድን ነዊሕን ስንክልና ዘለዎም ኣበርከትቲ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-disability-benefit.htmlCPP ናይ ህጻናት ሓገዝ
ወርሓዊ ክፍሊት ንደቂ ናይ ሓደ CPP ስንኩል ወይ ዝሞተ ኣበርካቲ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/payment-amounts.htmlናይ ህጻናት ስንክልና ሓገዝ
ንDTC (Disability Tax Credit) ንዝጸደቑ ትሕቲ 18 ዓመት ህጻናት ካብ ግብሪ ነጻ ዝኾነ ወርሓዊ ክፍሊት ናብ CCB (Canada Child Benefit) ተወሰኸ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/child-disability-benefit.htmlናይ ገዛ ተበጻሕነት ግብሪ ምሕረት (HATC)
ንሓደ ሽማግለ ወይ ንDTC ብቑዕ ሰብ ኣብ ቀንዲ መንበሪ ገዛ ተበጻሕነት ዘመሓይሽ ወይ ሓደጋ ጉድኣት ዝቕንስ ብቑዕ ምሕዳስ ዘይምለስ ፌደራላዊ ልቓሕ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/line-31285-home-accessibility-expenses.htmlናይ ብዙሕ ወለዶታት ምሕዳስ ገዛውቲ ግብሪ ልቓሕ (MHRTC)
ንብቑዓት ምሕዳሳት ዝምለስ ናይ ፌደራል ግብሪ ምሕዳስ ንሓደ ሽማግለ ወይ ንሓደ DTC-ብቑዕ ዓቢ ሰብ ኣብ ገዛኻ ርእሱ ዝኸኣለ ካልኣዊ ሱት ዝፈጥር።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/line-45355-mhrtc/how-claim-mhrtc.htmlTransfer disability amount to supporting person
Unused disability tax credit may transfer to a spouse or other supporting person (line 31800).
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/line-31800-disability-amount-transferred-a-dependant.htmlDisability Tax Credit
ኣብ ቅጥዒ T2201 ዝተረጋገጸ ከቢድን ነዊሕን ምጉዳል ንዘለዎም ሰባት ፌደራላዊ ዘይምለስ ግብሪ ምሕረት።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/segments/tax-credits-deductions-persons-disabilities/disability-tax-credit.htmlRDSP (Registered Disability Savings Plan) ዕድላትን ቦንድን
ንDisability Tax Credit ዝጸደቑ ሰባት ምዝጉብ ውጥን ዕቋር፣ ምስ ፌደራላዊ ምትእስሳር ድጋፍን ብእቶት ዝተፈተነ ቦንድን።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/registered-disability-savings-plan-rdsp/canada-disability-savings-grant-canada-disability-savings-bond.htmlVAC Survivor’s Pension
For veterans' familiesVAC survivor pension, verify file.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/families-and-caregivers/financial-programs-and-services/survivors-pensionናይ ሕክምና ወጻኢታት ግብሪ ምሕረት (METC)
ኣብ ጽሩይ እቶት (ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ መደብ 5 ዝርከቡ ሕግታት ኣባል ስድራቤት) ዝተመርኮሰ ልዕሊ እቲ ደረት ንዝግበር ብቑዕ ወጻኢታት ሕክምና ዘይምለስ ፌደራላዊ ልቓሕ።
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/lines-33099-33199-eligible-medical-expenses-you-claim-on-your-tax-return.html
AISH (ውሕስነት ዘለዎ እቶት ንኸቢድ ስንኩላን)
ወርሓዊ ናይ ኣልበርታ ናይ ስንክልና እቶት ደገፍ ተወሲኹዎ ናይ ጥዕና ሓገዝ ንብቑዓት ዓበይቲ ካብ 18 ክሳብ 64 ዓመት።
https://www.alberta.ca/aish-eligibilityAlberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP)
Monthly Alberta disability income support for adults whose disability significantly restricts but does not permanently prevent employment — launching July 1, 2026 alongside a reformed AISH stream.
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-disability-assistance-programኣልበርታ ናይ እቶት ደገፍ
ወርሓዊ ደገፍ ንኣዝዩ ትሑት ኣታዊ ዘለዎም ኣልበርታውያን መሰረታዊ ወጻኢታት መነባብሮን መጽለልን ንምሽፋን።
https://www.alberta.ca/income-supportኣልበርታ ሽማግለታት ሓገዝ
ወርሓዊ ናይ ኣልበርታ ቶፕ-ኣፕ ንትሑት እቶት ዘለዎም ኣረጋውያን OAS ዝረኽቡ።
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-seniors-benefitኣልበርታ ፍሉይ ኣመጋግባ ኣበል
ተወሳኺ ወርሓዊ ገንዘብ ኣብ ብቑዕ ናይ ኣልበርታ ሓገዝ ጉዳይ ሓኪም/ነርስ ፕራክቲሻን ብቑዕ ፍሉይ ኣመጋግባ ምስ ዘረጋግጽ።
https://www.alberta.ca/income-support-what-you-getኣልበርታ ስድራቤታዊ ደገፍ ንህጻናት ስንኩላን (FSCD)
ኣገልግሎትን ደገፍን ንናይ ኣልበርታ ስድራቤታት ትሕቲ 18 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኡ ስንክልና ዘለዎ ህጻን ዘዕብዩ።
https://www.alberta.ca/fscd-eligibilityAlberta PDD (Persons with Developmental Disabilities)
Alberta funds individualized living, community participation, and employment supports for adults with a developmental disability after PDD eligibility review.
https://www.alberta.ca/persons-with-developmental-disabilities-pddAlberta FSCD — autism and developmental disability pathway (informational)
Alberta does not run a separate autism-only cheque program like Saskatchewan's ASD-IF. Autism supports for children under 18 are usually accessed through Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) after assessment.
https://www.alberta.ca/fscd-eligibilityፍሉይ ድሌት ዘለዎም ሓገዝ ንኣረጋውያን
ንብቑዓት ኣረጋውያን ናብ ዝጸደቑ መሳርሒታትን ናይ ጥዕና ወይ ውልቃዊ ደገፋትን ገንዘባዊ ሓገዝ፣ ብመንገዲ ፋይናንሳዊ ሓገዝ ኣረጋውያን ዝሕተት።
https://www.alberta.ca/seniors-special-needs-assistanceኣልበርታ ሻርፕ (ናይ ዓበይቲ ገዛ ምትዕጽጻፍን ጽገናን)
ትሑት ወለድ ዘለዎ ናይ ገዛ-ምዕሩይነት ልቓሕ ንብቑዓት ኣልበርታ ኣረጋውያን ንኣገደስቲ ጽገናታት ገዛ ወይ ምትዕጽጻፍ ንምምዋል፣ ብመሰረት ሕግታት ኣታዊ፣ ምዕሩይነትን ንብረትን ኣብ alberta.ca።
https://www.alberta.ca/seniors-home-adaptation-repair-programኣልበርታ ሽፋን ንኣረጋውያን
ህዝባዊ ሽፋን መድሃኒት ንብቑዓት ኣልበርታ ኣረጋውያን (ብተለምዶ ድሕሪ 65 ዓመት ምምላእካ ወርሒ ዝጅምር) ምስ ምክፍፋል ወጻኢታት ኣብ ብዙሓት ትእዛዛት መድሃኒትን ንቐረብ ሕማም ሽኮር ዝምልከት ዝተፈላለየ ሕግታትን።
https://www.alberta.ca/coverage-for-seniors-programናይ ስኒን ብርሃንን ሓገዝ ንኣረጋውያን
ሽፋን ንዝተመርጹ ናይ ስኒን ብርሃንን ኣገልግሎታት ንኣታዊ ብቑዓት ዝኾኑ ኣረጋውያን ኣልበርታ ድሕሪ ምምዝጋብ ኣብ ፋይናንሳዊ ሓገዝ ኣረጋውያንን ቅድመ ፍቓድ ስጉምትታትን።
https://www.alberta.ca/dental-optical-assistance-seniorsኣልበርታ ኣረጋውያን ንብረት ግብሪ ምድንጓይ
እኹል ምዕሩይነት ዘለዎ ላዕለዋይ ወናኒ ገዛ ብቑዕ እንተኾንካ ብትሑት ወለድ ዘለዎ ኣውራጃዊ ልቓሕ ኣቢልካ ምኽፋል ግብሪ መንበሪ ንብረትካ ኣደናጉዮ።
https://www.alberta.ca/seniors-property-tax-deferral-programኣልበርታ ኤይድስ ንመዓልታዊ ህይወት (AADL)
ድሕሪ ናይ AADL ፍቓድ ገምጋም ብሕክምናዊ ኣገባብ ዘድልዩ መሳርሕታትን ቀረብን ኣውራጃዊ መደብ።
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-aids-to-daily-livingኣልበርታ ዘይጉጅለ ሽፋን
ኣማራጺ ተወሳኺ ሽፋን ጥዕናን መድሃኒትን ንብቑዓት ነበርቲ ኣልበርታ ትሕቲ 65 ዓመት ብጉጅለ ውጥን ዘይሽፈኑ፣ ምስ ኣታዊ ዝተመርኮሰ ዋጋታትን ዝተሓትሙ ሕግታት ሓባራዊ ክፍሊትን።
https://www.alberta.ca/non-group-coverageኣልበርታ ናይ ዓበይቲ/ህጻናት ጥዕና ሓገዝ
ብዓይነት ሽፋን ጥዕና ንብቑዓት ትሑት እቶት ዘለዎም ዓበይትን ህጻናትን ኣልበርታ።
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-adult-health-benefit
Filters programs in this municipal section only. Federal and provincial programs above are not affected.
ፕሮግራም ትራንዚት ራይድ ኤድመንተን
ብድጎማ ዝግበረሉ ናይ ኣርክ ክፍሊት ካፕ ኣቢሉ ናይ ኤድመንተን ትራንዚት ወጻኢታት ምጉዳል።
https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/subsidized-transitመደብ ምብጻሕ ትርፊ ግዜ ኤድመንተን
ብቑዓት ዝኾኑ ናይ ከተማ ኤድመንተን መዘናግዒ ትካላት ዝተቐነሰ ወይ ብነጻ ምብጻሕ።
https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/leisure-access-programEdmonton ETS low-income senior annual transit pass
Free or $140 annual ETS pass for Edmonton seniors 65+ who meet published individual income tests.
https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/senior-fares
Calgary Fair Entry — programs and services
Single application for reduced fees on recreation, transit, and other City programs for low-income Calgary households.
https://www.calgary.ca/social-services/low-income/fair-entry-subsidy.htmlካልጋሪ ትሑት እቶት ወርሓዊ ትራንዚት ፓስ
ወርሓዊ ዋጋታት ትራንዚት ካልጋሪ ብመንገዲ ፍትሓዊ ምእታው ምጉዳል።
https://www.calgarytransit.com/fares---passes/passes/low-income-monthly-pass.htmlናይ ካልጋሪ መዘናግዒ ክፍሊት ሓገዝ
ዓበይቲ ቅናሳት ንመዘናግዒ መደባትን መሳለጥያታት ብፍትሓዊ መእተዊ ይሓልፍ።
https://www.calgary.ca/rec-locations/prices/fee-assistance.htmlፕሮግራም ሓገዝ ግብሪ ንብረት ካልጋሪ (PTAP)
ግብሪ ንብረት ክዘልል ከሎ ንብቑዓት ወነንቲ ገዛውቲ ከተማ ልቓሕ፣ ብተወሳኺ ድማ ብመገዲ ፍትሓዊ ምእታው ምስ ዝጸድቕ ተዛማዲ ክፍሊት ጎሓፍ ምቕናስ።
https://www.calgary.ca/social-services/seniors/property-tax-assistance.htmlCalgary Home Services for Seniors (Fair Entry)
Snow shoveling, grass cutting, and light housekeeping for low-income Calgary seniors 65+ through Fair Entry.
https://www.calgary.ca/social-services/seniors/home-services.html
መደብ ድጎማ ከተማ ሴንት ኣልበርት (መዘናግዕን መተሓላለፍን)
ብLICO ዝተፈተነ ድጎማ ንኣባልነት፣ ክሳብ $150/child on City ዝተመዝገቡ መደባት፣ ከምኡ’ውን All Aboard ትራንዚት ፓስ ዝቐነሰ።
https://stalbert.ca/city/fcss/programs-services/subsidy-program/
ስትራትኮና ካውንቲ ኩሉ ሰብ ክጻወት ይረክብTM (Active Pass+ & RAP (Resettlement Assistance Program))
ብዘይ ወጻኢታት ንጡፍ ፓስ+ ድሮፕ-ኢን መእተዊን መዘናግዒ መእተዊ ፕሮግራም (RAP) ቅናስ ኣብ ብካውንቲ ዝመሓደር መደባት ንኣታዊ ብቑዓት ነበርቲ።
https://www.strathcona.ca/community-families/affordable-services/everybody-gets-to-play/
መደብ ሓገዝ መዘናግዒ Leduc FCSS (RAP) — ነጻ ኣባልነት LRC
Leduc RAP free annual recreation membership for eligible residents.
https://www.leduc.ca/community/family-community-support-services/housing-financial-support
መደብ ሓገዝ ክፍሊት ቀይሕ ሓርማዝ (መዘናግዒ)
ክሳብ $200/ዓመት ንነፍሲ ወከፍ ብቑዕ ሰብ ናብ ምዝገባ ውሑስን ጥዑይን ማሕበረሰባት ተወሲኹዎ ንመዘናግዒ ፓስ ካርድ ንናይ ከተማ ምውራድ መሳለጥያታት፣ ምስ ተመሳሳሊ መዓልቲ ምዝገባ ንዝተዘርዘሩ ፕሮግራም ብቑዓት።
https://reddeer.ca/recreation-and-culture/recreation/facility-admission-fees--pass-prices/fee-assistance-program/መደብ ሓገዝ ክፍሊት ሌትብሪጅ (መዘናግዕን ባህልን)
ብከተማ ዝመሓደር ድጎማታት (ዝተሓተመ ኣብነት: ክሳብ $150 ንሓደ ሰብ ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ናይ ፍርቂ ዓመት ወቕቲ) ናብ ብቑዓት ናይ ብዙሕ መዓልታት መዘናግዒ ወይ ባህሊ መደባት ኣብ ሌትብሪጅ ዝቐርብ።
https://www.lethbridge.ca/community-services-supports/community-social-development-csd/fee-assistance-program/መደብ ምብጻሕ መዘናግዒ ግራንዲ ፕረሪ
ክሳብ 75% off ብቑዓት ኣባልነት፣ ፓንች ፓስ፣ ከምኡ’ውን ዝተመዝገቡ መደባት ኣብ ተሳተፍቲ ናይ ከተማ ግራንዲ ፕረሪ መዘናግዕን ባህልን መሳለጥያታት ንብቑዓት ትሑት እቶት ዘለዎም ስድራቤታት።
https://www.cityofgp.com/parks-recreation/programs-camps-funding/grants-funding/recreation-access-programWood Buffalo LIFT (ትሑት እቶት ዘለዎም መተሓላለፊ) & ዝተኣሳሰር ናይ መዘናግዒ ቅናስ
ብዛዕባ $10/ወርሒ ልምዳዊ ትራንዚት ፓስ ምስ ዝጸድቕ፣ ተወሳኺ ናይ መሻርኽቲ መዘናግዒ ቅናስ (ንኣብነት ዞባዊ መዘናግዒ ኮርፖሬሽን) ንብቑዓት ነበርቲ ዉድ ቡፋሎ 18+።
https://www.rmwb.ca/programs-and-services/transit/low-income-fare-transit-program-lift/
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