child care policy

(Autism BC photo)

B.C.’s new autism funding model a disappointment, says Autism BC

Part two in a series of stories related to autism awareness in B.C.

 

Children protest in front of BC Parliament for autism support in B.C. in 2021. (Autism BC)

B.C.’s new autism funding model a disappointment, says Autism BC

Part one in a series of stories related to autism awareness in B.C.

 

Some child care costs in B.C. will drop to an average of $20 per day by the end of this year. (Photo courtesy of B.C. government)

B.C. Budget: Child care fees for infants, toddlers dropping to $20 per day by 2023

Province expects 40,000 new spots to open in next seven years

 

The Town of Osoyoos announced that Friday that its child care expansion project is unable to proceed. (Imagination Station screengrab)

‘We are disappointed’: Osoyoos’ child care expansion project unable to proceed

The town received an $892,500 grant for the project in June of 2019

The Town of Osoyoos announced that Friday that its child care expansion project is unable to proceed. (Imagination Station screengrab)
Daycare program operated by the Burnaby school district, March 2021. The B.C. government has shifted its emphasis to public and non-profit child care as it enters Ottawa’s national child care program. (B.C. government photo)

B.C. government shifting funds to public, non-profit child care

Private providers have led growth, internal document says

Daycare program operated by the Burnaby school district, March 2021. The B.C. government has shifted its emphasis to public and non-profit child care as it enters Ottawa’s national child care program. (B.C. government photo)
Children’s backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday May 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system

$111 million will be used to fund 3,750 new $10-a-day spaces though 75 additional ChildCareBC universal prototype sites over the next three years.

Children’s backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday May 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Penticton council initiated an action plan to address the child care crisis in the city during their Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 meeting. (File photo)

Penticton council taking steps to address city’s child care crisis

83 per cent of surveyed families indicated that it’s hard to find child care in Penticton

Penticton council initiated an action plan to address the child care crisis in the city during their Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 meeting. (File photo)
A new child care facility will bring 81 new spaces to Lake Country in 2022. (YMCA photo)

Child care coming to Okanagan high school

81 new space facility expected to be completed by spring 2022

A new child care facility will bring 81 new spaces to Lake Country in 2022. (YMCA photo)