Some families in Lanark County say they can no longer afford child care after learning their daycare cost would more than double.
Last week, county officials sent a notice to the agency that licenses about 50 home daycares in the area, saying it was abruptly ending its contract with the agency under the Canada-wide Early Learning Childcare system. As a result, daycare fees will more than double for hundreds of families across Lanark County and beyond within the next few weeks.The Canada-wide Early Learning Childcare system subsidizes childcare fees with an aim of bringing the cost down to $10 a day by 2025.
“Everybody is just panicking. Two weeks is not enough time to do anything, right before school,” said Williams. “It makes so little sense, no one understands what the heck is happening.” Kelli Cassidy, executive director of Natural Connections Childcare, the Smiths Falls-based agency in charge of licensing the home daycares affected, said there was little explanation from the county about why the program funding was being cancelled and whether there was anything they could do to change the decision.Article content
Williams said Carleton Place has attracted many young families in search of more affordable housing and a quieter life and continues to build new homes, but there isn’t the infrastructure, especially daycare, to support families and allow parents to work. Hundreds of children are on a waiting list at the local daycare centre. He said the sudden cancellation of the subsidized daycare program to as many as 400 families will make the situation far worse.
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