Renewal for the 2025/26 Child Care Operating Funding, Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement
Together, Government and child care providers are reducing fees for families and sustaining child care services in communities throughout British Columbia. Child Care Operating Funding assists providers with the day-to-day costs of running a licensed child care facility.
Child care providers can apply for 2025/26 Child Care Operating Funding through My ChildCareBC Services. To ensure providers have time to plan, the 2025-26 CCFRI funding guidelines were shared ahead of time in December 2024.
Refer to the Important Timelines section on the Apply for or renew Child Care Operating Funding page for key dates for Child Care Operating Funding renewal.
For 2025/26, fee increase limits for the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative remain at 3% of the regional median fee. These limits support families to access affordable child care. In addition to the 3% fee increase, providers are supported through base funding, provider payments, and the Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement.
The Child Care Operating Funding program contact centre is open to provide support to child care providers from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, at 1-888-338-6622 (Option 2).
For $10 a Day ChildCareBC applicants: Child care providers who recently applied to the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program will be directly notified about the status of their application beginning in the new year. Successful applicants who sign a new $10 a Day ChildCareBC Funding Agreement will receive funding through the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program.
