The province has announced $1.125 million dollars in funding for caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. The money will provide $100 per month from June to September to pay for respite or respite activities. The government says this will help close the gap that the closure of day programs, as well as the shortage of part-time work and volunteer opportunities has created. About 28 hundreds caregivers will be eligible for the payments including families caring for adult Community Living Service Delivery clients in their homes; families receiving the Family Respite Benefit for children under the age of 18 with an intellectual disability; and Approved Private Service Home proprietors, including Mental Health Approved Home Proprietors.