Applications are open to new and existing licensed non-profit and private facility-based child-care programs and family day homes interested in creating new child-care spaces.
The Alberta government said it's getting closer to reaching $10-a-day child-care. Thousands of private daycare and dayhome spaces are eligible for a grant, but some operators are skeptical the province can reach its goal. Sarah Komadina explains.The Alberta government announced Tuesday it’s getting closer to reaching $10-a-day child care, expanding who is eligible to apply.
Private operators make up as much as 70 per cent of child-care spaces in Alberta. The government grant is intended to give parents more choice, with the hope of bringing the province closer to $10 a day by 2026. “Yes, more spaces are needed. We know that. But at the same time, we need to be able to make sure these kids are safe,” she said.She said one of the drawbacks of the agreement is waiting 45 days for money from the government to appear in the bank accounts of private operators.“We’re floating our centres financially for the government with no compensation. So there’s many, many factors that are making it so difficult to operate quality child care under this agreement.
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