Canada – New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2017 to 2020 Canada – New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020 to 2021 Canada – New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2021 to 2025 Canada – New Brunswick 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
Maintain the New Brunswick Early Learning Centres and Homes designation
Predominantly support not-for-profit and family home child care spaces, with 1,000 spaces reserved for the for-profit sector.
Note: To be eligible as a designated early learning centre or home, facilities must meet the following criteria:
In exchange operators receive public funding to offer lowered parent fees and a staff pay gird.
Government Announcements/Updates
August 7/24Governments of Canada and New Brunswick announce Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan (access Action Plan)March 21/23Budget 2023-24 – Growth and Opportunity: Delivering for New Brunswickers
December 13/22 Celebrating one-year anniversary of signing of Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with New Brunswick
Federal funding: $492 million over 5 years
Provincial funding: $53 million over 5 years
Reduce parent fees to average $10/day by 2025-2026
Provincial funding $4 million to expand preschool child-care spaces in for-profit child care sector
Average of 50% reduction of parent fees for children enrolled in a designated facilities by June 1, 2022
Wage grid based on qualifications and experience
April 18/23 Education investments to support enrolment growth, inclusion and child care
March 7/23 REVISED / $20.8 million to support early learning and child-care services
April 27/22 Investments to support child care, inclusion and access to technology
April 25/22 Out-of-pocket child-care fees to be reduced by 50 per cent, on average, June 1
March 23/22 ECE Wage Increase
April 23 Wage Support Program for Early Childhood Educators (WSP-ECE)
Create 3,400 designated preschool early learning and child care spaces by 2026, prioritizing rural areas and other regions with service gaps, including 1,000 for-profit spaces.
Develop and fund a plan to ensure that new space creation provides for diverse and/or vulnerable children and families
Implement Inclusion Policy and guidelines for language acquisition and cultural identity
Mar 11/25Government investing $200 million in child-care sector
Feb 25/25Province allocates 3,600 designated child-care spaces
May 15/24Building more child care spaces in New Brunswick
May 17/23 New designated early learning and child-care spaces to be created
January 31/23 New process to create more preschool child-care spaces, increase access to infant care
Increase percentage of early childhood educators who meet training requirements to 60%.
Invest in training and professional development opportunities for early childhood educators
Annual report 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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