Canada - Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2017 to 2020 Canada - Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020 to 2021 Agreement to amend the Canada – Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020 to 2021 Canada – Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2021 to 2025 Manitoba’s Action Plan for fiscal year 2022 to 2023 Canada – Manitoba Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2021 to 2026 Agreement to amend the Canada–Manitoba Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement - 2021 to 2026Affordable child care, a stronger economy, March 6/25Toward $10-a-day: An Early Learning and Child Care Backgrounder, March 6/25
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Agreement/Action Plan
Expansion of predominately (95%) not-for-profit, public child care centres and family-based child care programs
Create Parent Advisory Committee on Child Care Transformation
Create Implementation Committee to monitor progress on early learning and child care commitments in consultation with stakeholders
Responsibility for child care moved from Department of Families to Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning on January 18, 2022
Government Announcements/Updates
May 3/24Governments of Canada, Manitoba Increase Funding for Child-Care Professionals' Wages
April 25/24Manitoba’s second early learning and child care action plans
August 1/23 Canada, Manitoba Government Renew Action Plans to Affirm Child-Care priorities
April 12/22 Province Releases Early Learning and Child-Care Transformation Review
August 9/21 $10 A Day Child Care for Families in Manitoba
Federal investment of $1.2 billion over five years
Reduce parent fees to average $10/day by 2022/2023
Develop and implement a wage grid for early childhood educators
July 2/24Provincial Regulation to Support a 2.75 Per Cent Increase to Child-Care Facility Wage Funding and an Updated Wage Grid Comes into Force
April 27/23 Canada, Manitoba Announce $56.1 Million for Wage Increases to Support Early Learning And Child-Care Workers Across Manitoba
March 3/23 Manitoba Government Sets Stage for $10-A-Day Child Care, Prioritizing New Spaces, Training Early Learning and Child-Care Professionals, and Ensuring Access Across the Province
June 27/22 Canada and Manitoba Commit Nearly $37 Million to Support Wage Equity in the Early Learning and Child-Care Sector
February 22/22 Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child-Care Agreement to Strengthen Child Care and Support Recruitment, Retention of Early Childhood Workforce Across Manitoba
February 3/22 Canada and Manitoba Make Child Care More Affordable For Low and Middle-Income Families
December 21/21 Manitoba Publishes Early Learning and Child-Care Agreement with Federal Government
Create 23,000 new spaces with focus on rural areas by 2025-26
Create 1,700 extended hour child care spaces in evening and on weekends as well as guaranteed child care spaces for children whose parents are transitioning into regular employment
Develop and fund plan to ensure that children in vulnerable communities have equitable access to regulated child care
February 18/25Meeting parents where they are: more affordable child care in Manitoba
August 7/24Building more child care spaces for families in Manitoba
May 14/24Building more child care spaces for families in Manitoba
March 7/23 Budget 2023
February 16/23 Governments of Canada, Manitoba Increase access to Child Care in Rural Manitoba, First Nations Communities
January 17/23 Manitoba Government Provides Additional $600,000 For Brandon YMCA Child-Care Expansion
November 14/22 Manitoba Government Partners to Create 1,200 New Child-Care Spaces in Rural Communities Over the Next Year
October 14/22 Governments of Canada, Manitoba Investing More Than $1 Million to Create 40 New Child-Care Spaces in Oakville
June 27/22 Canada, Manitoba Allocate $8.1 Million to Fund Over 3,100 Child Care Spaces Across the Province
April 12/22 Budget 2022 - RECOVER TOGETHER: Strengthen. Invest. Build
September 28/22 Governments of Canada and Manitoba Invest $300,000 to Implement Indigenous-Focused Programming for Child-Care Facilities
Increase the percentage of child care workers providing regulated child care in the province who fully meet Manitoba’s certification requirements by 15 percentage points by fiscal year 2025 to 2026
Develop and implement a comprehensive; integrated and culturally responsive curriculum framework promoting inclusive programming
Translate Science of ECD Access Portal into French to support Francophone ELCC community.
June 15/23 Canada, Manitoba Governments Investing $30 Million in Early Learning and Child-Care Training Program Expansion and Tuition Reimbursement
February 23/23 Governments of Canada and Manitoba to Provide $60 Million to Child-Care Providers for Facility Infrastructure Improvements, Curriculum Development and Workforce Retention
October 27/22 Governments of Canada and Manitoba Introduce Early Childhood Educator Tuition Reimbursement Initiative
June 27/22 Helping Indigenous families in Winnipeg benefit from innovative early learning and child care practices
Annual report on Canada-Wide ELCC Reporting Indicators no later than October 1, beginning in fiscal year 2022-2023
December 13/24National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2020 to 2021
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