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Prince Edward Island reaches $20-a-day child care

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/prince-edward-island-reaches-20-a-day-child-care
2022-12-16
Fees for parents have been reduced and salaries for staff increased at Early Years Centres (EYCs) across the province. This fall, parents and guardians with children in designated EYCs saw child care fees reduced to $20 per day.     Staff salaries at EYCs also increased as part of a coordinated...

Support for licensed home child care centres in Prince Edward Island

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/support-for-licensed-home-child-care-centres-in-prince-edward-island
2022-11-08
Grants and incentives are rolling out to support Island residents interested in providing licensed child care in their own home.  Licensed family home centres can receive financial support to reduce parent fees, fund wages and professional development opportunities, and purchase materials,...
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Federal, provincial and territorial ministers meet to mark progress and advance shared priorities in early learning and child care 

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/federal-provincial-and-territorial-ministers-meet-to-mark-progress-and-advance-shared
2022-07-12
Burnaby, British Columbia , - Federal, provincial and territorial ministers most responsible for early learning and child care gathered today to advance shared priorities in early learning and child care. The meeting takes place one year after the federal government signed the first Canada-wide...

Increasing access to child care

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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...
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Program helps caregivers strengthen connections with children - and each other

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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 

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/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...

More training opportunities in early childhood education

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/more-training-opportunities-in-early-childhood-education
2021-12-07
Training opportunities are available in Prince Edward Island (PEI) for early childhood educators (ECEs) and for people interested in starting a career in early childhood education, to work with and help children at their earliest stages. The Accelerated Early Childhood Education Program is being...
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