Some families in Lanark County are facing a significant increase in childcare costs this fall, after learning the home daycares they rely on will no longer receive funding under the Canada-wide Early Learning Child Care program.
Natural Connections Child Care sent a letter to parents Friday evening, saying Lanark County has notified the organization that it is ending the contract under the program, and its daycare centres will no longer have access to funding under the $10-a-day child care program, effective Sept. 7.
"With multiple boys needing daycare, it's a non-option for us. We don't have a lot of other options," Williams said. "It is with absolute sorrow and empathy for the stress that this announcement will put on you and your families, that we must announce that effective September 7, 2023, we will no longer have access to the Canada-wide Early Learning Child Care Funding as an agency for your families," says the letter from Kelli Cassidy.
Approximately 300 families in Carleton Place and Lanark County are impacted by the decision, affecting at least 40 daycare providers.
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