Next month, Island families who make less than $80,000 a year will receive up to $360 per child annually — or $30 per month — through the new P.E.I. Child Benefit. 

Shaun MacNeill, the director of strategy, policy, and seniors for the Department of Social Development and Seniors, says the new benefit will help more than 16,000 Island children. 

"In addition to some of the other things that we're doing, it's just an effort to provide a bit more support," said MacNeill, making reference to the scho…