Expanded investments in the Child Care Subsidy Program will provide more low- and moderate-income Island families with equitable access to child-care services, says Community Services Minister Janice Sherry.
"We are pleased to provide further assistance to families who are currently assisted by the program and to extend the eligibility requirements to help more Island families with the costs of child care,” said Sherry. “The Child Care Subsidy Program also helps to support continued social and economic prosperity for Island families and communities.”
Effective Sept. 1, government will invest $300,000 into the Child Care Subsidy Program, as part of the Preschool Excellence Initiative. These investments will increase the per
diem rates for those who already receive support and will expand the income thresholds for the program, allowing more low- and moderate-income Island families to receive assistance and more children to receive access to child-care services in preparation for kindergarten.
Per diem subsidy rate changes:
● Infants: $30/day will increase to $32/day
● Two-year-olds: $23/day will increase to $26/day
● Three-year-olds to school-age: $22/day will increase to $25/day
Over 950 families received support through the Child Care
Subsidy Program in the month of July, which benefited nearly 1,500 Island children.
The Department of Community Services, Seniors and Labour
delivers the Child Care Subsidy Program to assist families with the costs of licensed child care. Subsidies are used to pay tuition costs for early childhood programs licensed by the Child Care Facilities Board. This includes early years centres, infant homes and private licensed child-care centres.
Any Island family needing financial support for child-care costs may apply. The Child Care Subsidy Program eligibility depends on the net monthly family income and is determined by a sliding scale income test based on family size.
For more information on the Child Care Subsidy Program, visit the department’s website at www.gov.pe.ca/sss.
CBC News – Prince Edward Island – Daycare upset about being passed over
A Summerside daycare operator is unhappy with the way the P.E.I. government chose daycares for its new regulated program.
'Some of the centres that will not be Early Learning Centres in Summerside have excellent reputations.'— Peggy Dunville, Wee Wonderz
The province accepted 38 daycares into its system for September. Those Early Years Centres will receive additional funding in exchange for using a set curriculum.
Eight daycares were told they don't make the cut. One of those was Wee Wonderz in Summerside, owned by Peggy and Kent Dunville. They told CBC News Tuesday it makes their centre look bad.
"I just think there might be a misconception that the centres that were chosen, automatically they're a better centre," said Peggy Dunville.
"Some of the centres that will not be Early Learning Centres in Summerside have excellent reputations and outstanding care. They're still the same centres that they were three months ago."
Carolyn Simpson, early childhood development and kindergarten manager for the province, said daycares were chosen based on how closely they fit the government's new model of childcare. That includes the size and location of the center, and how many trained staff they have.
Simpson would not say why Wee Wonderz wasn't accepted.
"We asked them to come in to actually do a presentation. And then from the presentation, the selection committee had criteria that we've always talked about, the criteria for the Early Years [Centres], and we'll go through that process and make our selections from there. And that's what we did," she said.
Simpson said the centres that were not accepted are still good centres, but they weren't able to meet the government's requirements.
The Early Years Centres officially launch Sep. 6. Those centers will charge a set price, teach a provincially curriculum, have a regulated number of trained staff, and accept a minimum of 40 children.
via www.cbc.ca
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