The Beaufort Children’s Centre is now able to provide a $10-a-day service, compliments of a B.C. Government program that is helping families save money.
The non-profit child care centre, located at the Courtenay campus of North Island College, has 54 spaces, 12 of which are infant-toddler. The other 42 spaces are for children aged 2.5 to kindergarten-age.
“We are incredibly excited to continue the legacy of high-quality education at Beaufort Children’s Centre and offer $10 a day spaces to our parents,” executive co-ordinator Amanda Peters said. “Beaufort extends it appreciation to all parties involved in seeing this long overdue program come to fruition.”
More than 1,375 child care spaces are moving into the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program in January, a Ministry of Education and Child Care news release states. Spaces in the program reduce the average cost of child care from $1,000 a month for full-time, centre-based infant care to $200 a month for the same service, saving families an average of $800 a month per child.
Beaufort is among 35 centres recently approved for the $10-a-day service. More spaces will be added during the coming weeks to meet government’s goal of 12,500 spaces by February.
Senior governments are also helping an estimated 69,000 families with child care costs at centres that are not part of the $10-a-day program through child care fee reductions up to $900 per month per child.
“Our governments are making access to affordable, high-quality, flexible and inclusive child care a reality,” said Karina Gould, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. “Through our transformative investments, we remain focused on making life more affordable for families and giving every child the best possible start in life.”
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