$10aDay Child Care: Life-Changing Impacts for BC Families
August, 2021
Late in 2018, when families of over 2,000 in BC children learned that their program would become a $10/day prototype site, they described the impact of having their fees reduced to a maximum of $10/day as “life-changing”.
In 2020, an independent evaluation of the $10/day prototype sites confirmed a range of economic and well-being impacts reported by families, including[1]:
|
Impact: |
Proportion of Families: |
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Reduced financial stress |
98% |
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Improved quality of life |
98% |
|
Improved family well-being/reduced family stress |
96% |
|
Increased ability to save money & pay off debt |
93% |
|
Improved mental health |
93% |
|
Improved housing stability |
92% |
|
Improved family relationships |
88% |
|
Improved work-life balance |
85% |
|
Increased family quality time |
82% |
|
Improved physical health |
82% |
|
Reduced family social isolation |
77% |
|
Increased ability to focus on work |
57% |
|
Reduced absences from work or school |
36% |
[1] Summarized from Family Survey Tables 1.3 and 1.4, p. xi
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