Manitoba Family Services and Labour

Manitoba Child Benefit – Children's Opti-Care Program

For families who get the MCB, the average Children's Opti-Care Program benefit is about $84 per child, per year. If your child has special vision needs, the benefits may be more.

Claims for this program can be made once every three years. If your child's prescription changes or your child outgrows his or her frames, you may be able to claim more often.

• be a resident of Manitoba
• have children under the age of 18 who live with you
• get the Manitoba Child Benefit for the child who needs the glasses

• you have coverage for glasses under any other health insurance program (ex: Rewarding Work Health Plan, First Nations Insured Health Benefits, Manitoba Blue Cross)
• you make a claim more than 14 months after the glasses were paid for
• you paid for the glasses before January 1, 2012

To apply for the Children's Opti-Care Program, you must fill out a Children's Opti-Care claim form and send it, along with a copy of the receipt for the glasses to:

Manitoba Child Benefit – Children's Opti-Care Program

PO Box 3000
203 South Railway Street East
Killarney, MB
R0K 1G0

To get a claim form, click here ; or call 1-800-563-8793 toll free; or TTY: 204-948-3698, to have a form mailed to you.

REMINDER:

• Claims made more than 14 months after the glasses were paid for will not be paid.
• Claims for glasses bought before January 1, 2012 will not be paid.

If you need to apply for the Manitoba Child Benefit, you can click here to get an application form; or call 1-800-563-8793 to have an application mailed to you.

1-800-563-8793