Fees for parents have been reduced and salaries for staff increased at Early Years Centres (EYCs) across the province. This fall, parents and guardians with children in designated EYCs saw child care fees reduced to $20 per day. Staff salaries at EYCs also increased as part of a...
Grants and incentives are rolling out to support Island residents interested in providing licensed child care in their own home. Licensed family home centres can receive financial support to reduce parent fees, fund wages and professional development opportunities, and purchase...
Burnaby, British Columbia - Federal, provincial and territorial ministers most responsible for early learning and child care gathered today to advance shared priorities in early learning and child care. The meeting takes place one year after the federal government signed the...
Prince Edward Island continues to increase access to early learning and child care across the province. More than 230 affordable child care spaces are being added across the province, with five additional early childhood centres receiving an official Early Years Centre...
Mental wellness and self-care are two things that often fall to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ list for many parents and childcare providers. But a program offered by the Early Childhood Development Association of PEI is helping Island caregivers make the time they need to nurture the...
As the early learning and child care sector continues to grow in Prince Edward Island, the province is launching a new one-time Return to the Early Childhood Education Profession Grant, to help recruit early childhood educators back to the sector. The Return to the ECE Profession...
New financial support is available for people who provide child care in their home and want to be licensed to operate as a family home centre. As outlined in the Canada-Prince Edward Island Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, Prince Edward Island will use federal...
The province is expanding child care support as COVID-19 public health measures tighten in Prince Edward Island. “As we move through this next stage of the pandemic, we recognize that some families are choosing to keep their children home from early years centers to help decrease...