Coronavirus Child Care

• Alberta child care programs to receive funding boost as part of federal government’s Safe Restart Agreement

  Licensed and approved child care programs in Alberta will receive a funding boost to the tune of $87 million to help cover increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2020
  
• Alberta, Ottawa agree to one-year child-care funding extension amid COVID-19 pandemic

  The federal Liberals and Alberta's United Conservatives have agreed on a one-year extension to child-care funding that will also help offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus forces child-care centres to reduce capacity, leaving parents scrambling

  Child-care centres are slowly starting to reopen but operating at reduced capacity because of the coronavirus, meaning some parents may be out of luck for a spot.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2020
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• Canada looking at expanded funding for child care in post COVID-19 recovery

  Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen has spent the past two weeks making phone calls to experts in the field, asking about how federal spending on child care can be better targeted.

  Canada

  May 18, 2020
• Toronto-area parents out thousands after daycare shut down amid COVID-19 closures

  Ontario's April 9 emergency order required daycares to stop charging parents fees, but it said nothing about what happens if the daycare declares bankruptcy.

  Lifestyle

  May 5, 2020
• Child-care providers raise coronavirus concerns in letter to B.C. premier

  The B.C. Child Care Owners Association is raising concerns over the province's requirement to keep daycares open.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2020