Times Colonist - Letter to the Editor
Evidence supports daycare plan Re: “Do homework on all the costs of daycare plan,” editorial, Nov. 25. Years of “homework,” including a large and growing number of research studies, consistently find that public investment in high-quality, affordable child care results in large social and economic benefits. These benefits include increased...
$10aDay Progress Summary
BC’s new provincial government has taken first steps to begin implementing universal child care. BC Budget 2018 committed $1 billion over three years to improve access to quality, affordable child care, complemented by additional federal funding of $153 million. Building on its election commitment to the $10aDay Child Care Plan,...
Letter to the Editor in Coquitlam
Read letters from Lynell Anderson and Tara King in the Tri-City News
$10 a day Prototypes a Huge Success
1. Bowen's Kinderhaus selected for $10 a day daycare Parents said it was like winning the lottery on Bowen. Click here for article... 2. Houston parents to pay $10 a day for daycare Beanstalk coordinator says this will make a "huge difference" to local families. Click here for article... 3. Penticton...
Policy Brief: Child Care Access in BC — What’s Working (and What’s Worrying)
PART 2 OF 4 POLICY BRIEFING NOTES • FALL 2018
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$10aDay Child Care Recommendations for BC Budget 2019
Our submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
The Lengths Some Parents Must Go To...
The lengths some Kamloops parents must go just to secure daycare Karen Edwards KAMLOOPS - Emily Anderson didn’t need day care for her son until he was a year old, but she knew she had to start early. She started looking when he was two months old and got on...
Op/Ed Progress on Child Care in BC
In just 14 months BC’s still-new government has taken bold steps to address the child care chaos. Finally, after 16 years of inaction on child care under previous governments, we’re now seeing substantial improvements. Based largely on the evidence-based $10aDay Child Care Plan, government is lowering parent fees, raising educator...
Policy Brief: Child Care Affordability in BC — What’s Working (and What’s Worrying)
PART 1 OF 4 POLICY BRIEFING NOTES • FALL 2018
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Letter to Minister of State Katrina Chen
September 21, 2018 Honourable Katrina ChenMinister of State for Child CarePO Box 9057 STN PROV GOVTVictoria, BC V8V 9E2 Dear Minister of State Chen: Recently we have been contacted by parents and child care providers expressing concern about: Child care fees that, from their perspective, are increasing substantially – despite...
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CKNW Radio Interview
Listen to $10aDay researcher Lynell Anderson CGA CPA, along with Shannon Newman-Bennett being interviewed by Lynda Steele on CKNW radio. They're discussing recent changes to child care in BC...click here
Child Care in the News
PREMIER ANNOUNCES INCREASED INCOME THRESHOLD FOR FAMILIES TO GET CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES How saving on daycare helped a B.C. family afford a bigger home FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL FUNDING GIVES EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS WAGE BOOSTS Bursary, pay increases coming for B.C. early childhood educators IMPROVEMENTS AIM FOR BETTER RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT FOR ECE’S NIC...
Province Launches Affordable Child Care Benefit
BC Government takes one more step towards affordable child care in BC! Parent fees eliminated for most families earning less than $45,000 annually with children under age 3 in licensed child care – as recommended in the $10aDay Child Care Plan. Building on the BC government’s recent Child Care Fee...
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ECE Work-force Strategy Announced!
For the first time in a generation Early Childhood Educators in BC will receive a publicly-funded wage increase. After nearly two decades of government ignoring the growing recruitment and retention crisis in the Child Care sector, new funding for wages and education are very welcome. Now that government is supporting...
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A Letter from June
My Evolution of an ECCE Perspective I have been doing a lot of reflection over my forty-seven years in the ECE profession. With the advent of the current Provincial Child Care plan and the ongoing proposal for the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning...
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$10aDay Plan Welcomes Funding for 22,000 New Spaces
Good news for families across the province! Today the BC government announced the next step on the province’s path to universal child care – funding for the creation of 22,000 new licensed child care spaces over the next three years. Public partners, local governments, school districts, etc. can access $1...
BC Needs More Child Care Spaces – Here’s How…
The BC government has committed to creating 24,000 licensed child care spaces over the next three years, a target that is consistent with the $10aDay Child Care Plan recommendations. As government begins to create these new spaces, we call on them to move away from the old, ineffective Major Capital...
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A Letter to the Minister of State for Child Care
Here's a copy of a recent letter sent to Katrina Chen, the Minister of State for Child Care (click here for a PDF version).
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Child care fee reductions are coming to BC. Here's what you need to know.
As government takes its first steps to implement a system of universal child care, here's the latest on what you need to know.
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An Open Letter to All Licensed Child Care Providers in BC
Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of our two organizations, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), we are writing to you at an important time in the evolution of quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive child care in BC.
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What’s next: Advocacy Priorities after Budget 2018
$10aDAY PLAN SUPPORTERS ARE CELEBRATING the BC government’s commitment to building a quality, universal child care system. Child Care BC acknowledges the importance of a fairly- compensated workforce and a system built on affordability for all families.
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Comparing government’s Child Care BC commitments with the community’s $10aDay Plan
IN AN HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH for BC children and families, Budget 2018 commits over $1 billion in new provincial and federal child care funding. Over three years these funds will be used to begin implementing Child Care BC — government’s path to universal child care. This level of public investment delivers...
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Why We Urge Child Care Providers to Opt In to the New Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative:
A Joint Statement by the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and Early Childhood Educators of BC The BC government’s Child Care BC strategy provides an opportunity for child care providers to receive more direct operating funding (CCOF), with accountability measures, to begin building a universal child care system....
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BC Budget 2018 Media
National Post: Budget puts B.C. on path towards universal child care program: Carole James Global: It’s not $10-a-day, but NDP says $1B childcare plan will help thousands of families CTV: B.C. budget includes housing, child care plans, hikes to employer, real estate taxes Times Colonist: B.C. Budget: Finance minister announces...
BC Budget 2018 Media Release
Media Release from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and Early Childhood Educators of BC February 20, 2018 BC Budget 2018 – Historic New Child Care Spending Turns the Corner on BC’s Child Care Chaos Families, Early Childhood Educators, employers and communities across BC - along with our...
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If the BC government adopts the $10aDay Plan, they’ll be in good company
The $10aDay Plan affirms the evidence highlighting the importance of increasing direct operating funding to licensed child care programs, with accountability for capping and lowering parent fees, raising ECE wages, and meeting other quality and access standards. The $10aDay community recommends that this direct funding approach start immediately in BC, with...
Policy Briefing Note — Full Implementation of the $10aDay Child Care Plan: Summary
Key requirements: direct funding of licensed child care programs, with accountability for affordability, quality and inclusion for all who choose them; implementation of Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework; and infrastructure strategy. The summary below incorporates the Plan’s full implementation costing over 8 years for children under age 6....
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How the Fight for Child Care Was Won
$10aDay campaign shows a way to bring change — but the battle isn’t over. By Sharon Gregson 3 Jan 2018 | TheTyee.ca ‘The $10aDay campaign didn’t rely on massive funding. Success came because the child-care crisis across BC is so bad that people know there had to be a better way.’ As 2018 starts...
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Kelly Sidhu interviews women about their Child Care situation
$10aDay Supporter Kelly Sidhu interviewed women in her local neighbourhood about their child care situation. Check it out:
If you haven't already, please take 2 minutes to take action and help make sure Child Care is a top priority in the BC 2018 Budget: www.10aday.ca/budget2018
Taking the First Steps towards $10aDay Child Care in the BC 2018 Budget
Click here to send a letter to your local MLA and other key players in government, and let them know you expect action on child care to be a major part of BC's 2018 Budget. In BC’s 2017 provincial election, a majority voted for action on child care. Both the...
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Criteria For Success
Criteria for Assessing Government’s Progress On the Implementation of the $10aDay Child Care Plan Effective implementation actions and ongoing assessments of government’s progress should be consistent with key elements of the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning – commonly known as the $10aDay Plan....
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Your voice is urgently needed to ensure the 2018 BC Budget prioritizes investment into building a quality affordable child care system.
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has invited British Columbians to provide input that will help shape next year’s provincial budget. British Columbians have until October 16th to participate, and it’s so easy to do with their online survey. To take part simply click here, and then choose the Complete a...
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Don't Let Semantics Stop Momentum on Child Care
The early days of a new government are always tough. There are many choices at hand, decisions to be made and voters to please. In the case of B.C., the agreement between the province’s NDP and the Green party adds a layer of intricacy that has not been present in...
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Sheila's Story
BC finally has a government that’s serious about solving the child care chaos. Here's Sheila's take on why it’s important that we continue to add our voices to the millions of other Canadians who know what needs to be done and how it can be accomplished. We in BC continually...
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Lori's Story
With kids aged 11 & 13, Lori is almost out of the horror of dealing with child care. With implementation of the $10aDay Plan, new parents in BC today will face fewer challenges down the road. Here's Lori's story about coping with BC's child care chaos. My children are now...
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Kasari's Story
While BC takes the first steps towards implementing the $10aDay Plan, BC families still face the child care crisis. Here's Kasari's story about dealing with BC's child care chaos. Kasari and her partner found out their son existed in the world when he was four days old. They adopted him...
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Susan's Feminist Call to Child Care
Implementation of the $10aDay Plan will result in more women in the workforce. Here’s Susan’s take on why it matters. What if we talked about women choosing to do paid work – and that was ok? A lot of us talk about the economic argument that we need child care...
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A Positive Start for the New Minister of Child Care in BC
It’s still early days of the new provincial government, yet already we’re seeing the first signs of a new approach to child care.
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Minister of State for Child Care - Mandate Letter
A Mandate Letter from Premier John Horgan to the new Minister of State for Child Care, Katrina Chen. Noteworthy and very important that the three main elements of the $10aDay Plan are provided as direction for the new Minister: Work with all levels of government, child-care providers, the private and...
Looking Forward to $10aDay Implementation!
After almost two months of uncertainty about BC’s political future, the Lieutenant Governor asked BC NDP leader John Horgan to form government. With the BC NDP’s commitment to implement the $10aDay Child Care Plan, the BC Green Party’s alignment on key aspects of the Plan, and the BC Liberals support...
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Today's BC Liberal Announcement
Families have been Waiting for 16 Years Throughout 16 years in government, the BC Liberals could have chosen to make quality child care available and affordable across the province. Instead, they allowed the crisis to grow, particularly over the last four years. While parent fees skyrocketed, the BC Liberal Government...
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Emily's Story
Many years ago I worked for a child care society that ran multiple child care programs in Northern BC and learned firsthand about the struggles small communities face in developing and maintaining trained Early Childhood Educators.
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Federal Multilateral Agreement
Federal government releases first National Early Learning and Child Care Framework in over a decade: SMALL STEP FORWARD – MUCH MORE TO DO! After a decade with no federal leadership on child care, the release of a federal-provincial-territorial Agreement is welcome news but the political flux in BC means our...
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Liz's Story
My husband and I had been told that care would be difficult to secure so I started looking when I was pregnant. I was on contract work and when our daughter was 6 weeks old I had to start working again, for 12 hours a week. We were on every...
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BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
BCACCS renews the From Seed to Cedar campaign The From Seed to Cedar Campaign is a chance for leadership and communities to support the creation of the IELCC framework, and especially the Child Care Providers who work so hard both to help children thrive and communities to re-establish Indigenous cultures. This is...
Child Care A Top Priority
Child Care was the top election platform spending commitment for both the BC NDP and the BC Greens, so it should be a top priority as they implement their Agreement. Recognizing the current child care chaos for BC families, the Greens and the NDP made election commitments to invest...
Majority of British Columbians Voted for Child Care
While the final seat count is not yet firm, one thing is clear - the majority of British Columbians voted for substantial new public investments in child care to: Make child care fees affordable Ensure quality child care is widely available Both the NDP and Greens made significant platform commitments to...
BC Liberals Expect Child Care Providers to Reduce Parent Fees
With no new public funds, BC Liberals Expect Child Care Providers to Reduce Parent Fees - Cut Caregiver Wages The BC Liberals say they will create 8,700 more child care spaces by 2020. To make child care more affordable for families, they expect providers to lower parent fees - on...