Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2017 to 2020 Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020-2021 Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2021 to 2025 Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador 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
Primarily expand not-for-profit and public child care
Create an Early Learning and Child Care Advisory Committee by March 31, 2023, to advise the Minister of Education on a wide range of early learning and child care issues
Government Announcements/Updates
August 9/24Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announce Early Learning and Child Care Action PlanJanuary 8/24Review of the Operating Grant Program for Child Care Services Completed
June 14/23 Provincial Government Issues Call for Members for Minister’s Early Learning and Child Care Advisory Committee
June 8/23 Public Consultations on New Early Learning Action Plan Begin Next Week
July 28/21 Federal-Provincial Action Plan on Early Learning and Child Care Released
Reduce cost of regulated child care to $15/day on January 1, 2022 and to $10/day in 2023
Expand Operating Grant Program, Child Care Capacity Initiative and child care subsidy
Develop and implement wage-grid for ECEs
November 4/24Child Care Spaces Continue to Increase in Newfoundland and Labrador
October 23/24Medical Benefits Now Available for Early Learning Workforce
May 28/24Provincial Government Commits to Introducing Medical Benefits for Early Childhood Educators
February 9/24Provincial Government Introduces Measures to Increase Enrollment at Regulated Early Learning and Child Care Services and Support Rural and Remote Operators
September 29/23Increased Funding Available to Grow Child Care Service Capacity in Newfoundland and Labrador
March 28/23 Provincial Government Implements New Wage Grid for Early Childhood Educators in Ongoing Commitment to Increase Capacity in Affordable Child Care
Access to the Wage Grid
March 23/23 Budget 2023
March 15/23 $10-a-day child care now a reality for families in Newfoundland and Labrador
December 15/21 New Affordable Child Care Initiatives Introduced through the Federal-Provincial Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan
Create approximately 5,800 additional regulated child care spaces by 2025-26
Introduce Pre-Kindergarten program starting in 2023 - Optional early learning and child care full-time for 4 year old children program to be fully implemented by 2025-26
May 15/24Building more child care spaces for families in Newfoundland and Labrador
April 17/24Newfoundland and Labrador Continues to Create New Child Care Spaces
August 23/23 Early Learning and Child Care Access Increasing Throughout Newfoundland and Labrador
March 25/23 Budget 2023
June 21/22 YMCA-NL to Act as Not-For-Profit Operator of Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Locations
May 26/22 Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Set to Create Approximately 600 Regulated Early Learning Spaces in 2022-23
April 7/22 Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2021 to 2026
March 9/22 Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador Provide Update on Pre-Kindergarten and the Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan
Increase the percentage of fully certified ECEs working in the sector by 15 per cent by the end of 2023 and to at least 60 per cent by the end of 2025
Increase bursary funding for ECEs through the ECE Graduate Bursary Program, the ECE Trainee Bursary Program and the ECE On-Campus Field Placement Bursary
January 9/25Request for Proposals Issued for Review of Certification Process for Early Childhood Educators
August 14/24Improvements to Quality and Inclusion for Early Learning and Child Care Services in Newfoundland and Labrador
September 19/23Minister Howell Announces New Recruitment and Retention Grant for Early Childhood Educators
July 12/22 New Needs-Based Grant to Support Early Childhood Education Students in Newfoundland and Labrador
Annual report, on the results and expenditures of early learning and child care programs and services attributable to the funding provided by Canada under CWELLC Agreement no later than October 1 of each fiscal year
December 13/24National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2020 to 2021
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