Today, the Honourable John G. Abbott, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, visited the Daybreak Parent Child Centre to announce approximately $500,000 in funding for the Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement, as part of Budget 2021.

This funding will provide $100 per month (up from $60 per month), to people who are pregnant and families with low incomes to assist with the extra costs of healthy eating during pregnancy and up to the baby’s first birthday. An additional $100 (up from $90) one-time payment will be provided during the month of the baby’s birth.

Individuals and families are eligible to receive the Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement if they:

• Are pregnant;
• Have a child under the age of one;
• Live in Newfoundland and Labrador; and
• Have a family net income under $25,467.

For more information on the Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement, please call toll-free 1-800-508-4788 or email MBNS@gov.nl.ca.

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“As a government, we know the importance of proper nutrition and support in the prenatal and childhood period. Increasing the monthly Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement amount is helping people who are pregnant and families with low incomes who have children under the age of one, to purchase more sufficient, healthy and culturally appropriate food.”
Honourable John G. Abbott
Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development

“Increasing the Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement will provide additional funding to help families across the province access healthy foods during an important stage of a child’s life. I am pleased to share this great news with Daybreak Parent Child Centre in the District of Virginia Waters – Pleasantville to highlight our government’s effort to provide healthy choices to young families.”
Honourable Bernard Davis
Minister of Environment and Climate Change and MHA for Virginia Waters – Pleasantville

“The perinatal is the period of pregnancy and after baby is born (postpartum), for up to one year, a life changing period of time when families need community support. Daybreak Parent Child Centre is pleased with the Provincial Government’s continued support of young families and the move forward to the increase to the Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement.”
Maureen Bethel
Acting Executive Director, Daybreak Parent Child Centre

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Margaret Warren
Constituency Assistant to Honourable Bernard Davis, MHA for Virginia Waters-Pleasantville
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Maureen Bethel
Daybreak Parent Child Centre
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