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Fernie Childcare Centre joins $10 a day program
Fernie Childcare Society is joining the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program in February.
The non-profit Fernie Childcare Centre will have 33 spaces (eight infant-toddler and 25 for 2.5 years to kindergarten), from among more than 725 more child care spaces being added to the $10 a day program in the province.
Spaces in the $10-a-day 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.
“Affordable child care can be life changing, and with over 12,700 $10-a-day spaces throughout the province, we are lowering the cost of child care for families,” said Grace Lore, B.C. Minister of State for Child Care.
“The recent child care fee reductions and the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program are some of the ways we are making child care more affordable and allowing parents – especially mothers – to pursue opportunities and achieve financial independence and security, which benefits families, our communities and the economy as a whole.”
Families making less than $45,000 receive the maximum Affordable Child Care Benefit and may pay nothing for child care.
Families making as much as $111,000 may be eligible to receive additional child care support through the Affordable Child Care Benefit (ACCB).
An average of 28,400 children received support through the ACCB each month so far in 2022-23.
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