B.C. government adding 10,000 $10-a-day child care spaces
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Provincial officials said they will expand the number of $10-a-day child care spaces from 2,500 currently running in the province to 12,500 by December 2022.
B.C. government officials said they are now accepting applications from licensed child care providers who want to give families child care for $10 dollars per day.
Provincial officials said they are giving first priority to Indigenous-led child care, non-profit organizations, public sector organizations, child care based in community centres, child care on school grounds and home-based child care.
“We are so proud to provide $10-a-day care to local families,” said Alison Merton, director, Collingwood Neighbourhood House. “We get to see first-hand the life-changing impact that affordable, quality and inclusive child care has on families, and these benefits have a positive ripple effect on our staff, our community