Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime

Service provides:

• income support for parents or guardians who took leave from work to cope with the death or disappearance of a child
• income support payment of $500.00 per week, paid every 2 weeks, for a maximum of 35 weeks over 3 years

• who are legally responsible for the child or children involved in the incident
• who earned at least $5,000 in the previous calendar year, or in the 52 weeks prior to the incident
• who are on leave from employment or only working up to 50 % of your regular work week, up to a maximum of 20 hours per week
• who have a valid social insurance number
• no receiving any type of Employment Insurance benefits
• who have not been charged with committing a probable Criminal Code offence that led to the death or disappearance of the child

• the child is deceased or missing as a result of a probable Criminal Code offence that occurred on or after September 30, 2018
• the child was under 25 years of age
• in the case of a missing child, the child has been missing for over a week

• by phone, request information, forms and help completing applications 
• visit website to apply online
• visit website to download the form, which can be mailed or dropped of at a Service Canada Centre

• employment form
• incident report form

• Mental Health Supports - Bereavement / Grief / Loss

The hours listed above are for the Service Canada telephone service.