“But we can’t let up.”The slight funding bump was included in revised child care allocations to municipalities released this week. And it brings provincial funding for licensed child care to almost $1.7 billion. For example, child care workers will be eligible for the $2-an-hour wage enhancement grant until they hit $27.47 an hour. “Child care should not be one of those extra stresses.” Before Ford reversed the cuts and policy changes, Toronto staff estimated $84.8 million in city child care funding was on the chopping block, including more than 6,000 child care fee subsidies. Although child care funding may be safe for 2019, other troubling policy changes are going ahead, such as the reduction of safety standards in home daycares and new funding for commercial operators.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 09:02 UTC