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Apply for School Age Child Care Allowance
2022-05-12
Both Montague Consolidated and Eliot River Elementary Schools are concluding their school year two weeks earlier with the last instructional day being on June 10, 2022 to allow time for school construction projects to be completed. Parents or guardians with children at these schools may be...
Family Resource Centres
2022-05-10
Family Resource Centres offer programs and resources for children and families. These include parent education and support groups, parent resources, prenatal nutrition programs, drop-in play, toy-lending libraries, and outreach for smaller Island communities. There are eight (8) Family Resource...
Increasing access to child care
2022-04-27
Prince Edward Island continues to increase access to early learning and child care across the province. More than 230 affordable child care spaces are being added across the province, with five additional early childhood centres receiving an official Early Years Centre designation from the province...
Program helps caregivers strengthen connections with children - and each other
2022-03-18
Mental wellness and self-care are two things that often fall to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ list for many parents and childcare providers. But a program offered by the Early Childhood Development Association of PEI is helping Island caregivers make the time they need to nurture the well-being of not...
Workforce investments continue in early years sector
2022-02-18
As the early learning and child care sector continues to grow in Prince Edward Island, the province is launching a new one-time Return to the Early Childhood Education Profession Grant, to help recruit early childhood educators back to the sector. The Return to the ECE Profession Grant will provide...
Supporting home based child care centres
2022-02-04
New financial support is available for people who provide child care in their home and want to be licensed to operate as a family home centre. As outlined in the Canada-Prince Edward Island Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, Prince Edward Island will use federal investments to...
Expanding support for education and early years
2022-01-20
The province is expanding child care support as COVID-19 public health measures tighten in Prince Edward Island. “As we move through this next stage of the pandemic, we recognize that some families are choosing to keep their children home from early years centers to help decrease their risk of...
Parent fee reductions coming January 1
2021-12-21
Parents and guardians with children in designated and licensed early years centers (EYCs) across the province will see child care fees reduced to $25 on January 1, 2022. This is one of the milestones to achieving an average of $10/day early learning and child care in the province. PEI is on track...
