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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Nova Scotia announced a new child-care expansion program which will create more licensed not-for-profit child-care spaces across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The announcement was made May 2 by Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Becky Druhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Early Learning and Child Care Major Infrastructure Program will provide $25 million to fund new construction or major renovations that will create new child-care spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Priority will be given to projects that serve diverse or vulnerable communities, communities with low child-care coverage rates and projects in publicly owned facilities. \u201cThis program, combined with the minor infrastructure and family home start-up programs, support the expansion and transformation of child care in Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″] For properties owned by the child-care operator or if the child-care centre is in a public building, such as a university, projects can receive up to $40,000 per space created, up to a maximum of $3.5 million. ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″] The Major Infrastructure Program will help child-care providers across Nova Scotia increase access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care in underserved communities.\u201d [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”209″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”188″] [adrotate banner=”93″] HALIFAX: Nova Scotia announced a new child-care expansion program which will create more licensed not-for-profit child-care spaces across the province. The announcement was made May 2 by Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Becky Druhan. The Early Learning and Child Care Major Infrastructure Program will provide $25 million to fund […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2802,6632,2,50,48],"class_list":["post-44754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-becky-druhan","tag-child-care-spaces-2","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-n-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cChild-care spaces are in high demand across the province, and we need to be innovative in how we make child care more accessible,\u201d said Druhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funding caps differ based on the type of project. For leasehold and rental properties, project applicants can receive up to $20,000 per space created, up to a maximum of $1.5 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This initiative is part of the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, which supports the child-care system so all families have access to affordable, high-quality and inclusive care when and where they need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>\u201cEvery child deserves the best possible start in life. As child care becomes more affordable, we need to create more child-care spots for kids in Nova Scotia, and right across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Jenna Sudds, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
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Quick Facts:
<\/strong>– applications for the Early Learning and Child Care Major Infrastructure Program are open; the deadline is June 13
– the Minor Infrastructure Program for New Early Learning and Child Care Space Creation and Family Home Start-up Program were announced in December<\/a>
– Nova Scotia, in partnership with the federal government, now invests $333 million annually in early learning and child care<\/p>\n\n\n\n