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Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement

The Province is investing more in the child-care system that thousands of Nova Scotia families rely on to care for their young children. Child-care operators will receive more funding for infant spaces, rising operational costs and staff wages under new annual agreements with the Province.

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  • Nova Scotia. Education and Early Childhood Development
  • All levels
  • Last updated 2 years ago
  • English
Description
The Province is investing more in the child-care system that thousands of Nova Scotia families rely on to care for their young children. Child-care operators will receive more funding for infant spaces, rising operational costs and staff wages under new annual agreements with the Province.

The new funding agreements also include:

  • a one-time grant, with a median rate of about $17,300 for centres, that will help address rising operational costs; it will be available to centre-based operators, family home providers, and the Nova Scotia Before and After Program
  • an added wage premium of $1.50 per hour for early childhood educators (ECEs) with advanced practitioner program certificates
  • grants for family home child-care providers who are trained ECEs
  • additional funding to centres for untrained staff to reflect minimum wage increases.