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$8.4M investment from feds, provincial government towards childcare staff retention

Both the workforce enhancement and wage grants are funded through the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced an additional eight-point-four million dollars in grants to help child care providers recruit and retain staff.

They also announced another one-million dollars to enhance wages, amounting to a one-dollar-an-hour pay increase.

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The province says nearly $83 million has been invested since 2021 into recruitment and retention initiatives for child care.

It says there has also been a 15 per cent increase in certified early childhood educators working in the province.

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