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According to Statistics Canada, 74 per cent of families with young children have two parents who work outside the home and most of them depend on access to child-care services. Just how dependent has... Read more
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Some people in Alberta are calling for $25-a-day childcare to be extended because of COVID-19. As Christa Dao reports, those in support of the program say many parents weren`t able to take... Read more
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In 2015, the Mayor’s Task Force for the Elimination of Poverty identified affordable and quality child care as a game-changer for eliminating poverty in Edmonton. The Early Council for Early Learning... Read more
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On June 12, 2020 Alberta entered into stage 2 of our reopening. Available guidelines for the reopening of early learning and child care programs can be found below.
DAY CARE/OSC REOPENING GUIDELINES ... Read more
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Media Release
New grants will ease relaunch costs faced by businesses
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many small- and medium-sized businesses and non-profits in Alberta have shutdown, either completely... Read more
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The economic fallout of COVID-19 is stark — and women are feeling the brunt of it.
Over 1.5 million women lost jobs in March and April, according to Statistics Canada. That’s a 17 per cent drop in... Read more
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Two weeks into Phase 1 of Alberta’s relaunch strategy, Children’s Services Minister Rebecca Schulz told Global News that preschools in the province will once again be allowed to open their doors on... Read more
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The federal government has invested $350 million to improve the ability of community organizations to serve vulnerable Canadians during the COVID-19 crisis.
The investment will flow through national... Read more
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The federal government has been quietly probing how to provide provinces with more money annually for child care, as part of what sources describe as an issue that is at, or near, the top of the... Read more
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While daycares in Alberta were given the green light to reopen on Thursday, not all child care centres are ready to welcome back children and their families.
“I think it’s been a really challenging... Read more
