{"id":49848,"date":"2024-11-21T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=49848"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:11:02","slug":"impacts-to-child-care-programs-from-the-canada-post-strike","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/impacts-to-child-care-programs-from-the-canada-post-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Impacts to Child Care Programs from the Canada Post Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to the Canada Post labour disruption, mail services were&nbsp;interrupted as of Friday, November 15, 2024, and will impact <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/family-social-supports\/caring-for-young-children\/childcarebc-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChildCareBC programs<\/a>.&nbsp;As a result, mail is not being sent out currently, and there is no information on when and how mail services will resume.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-11-22\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday November 22 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Impacts to Child Care Programs from the Canada Post Strike<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the Canada Post labour disruption, mail services were&nbsp;interrupted as of Friday, November 15, 2024, and will impact <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/family-social-supports\/caring-for-young-children\/childcarebc-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChildCareBC programs<\/a>.&nbsp;As a result, mail is not being sent out currently, and there is no information on when and how mail services will resume.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Child care providers and families who receive mailed cheques will be impacted. There is no impact on direct deposit payments and funding recipients are encouraged to sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/british-columbians-our-governments\/services-policies-for-government\/internal-corporate-services\/finance-forms\/fin-312-direct-deposit-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">direct deposit<\/a> to minimize delays in receiving funds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=A09393D52625431690857CB1F04B5213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Operating Funding<\/a> (CCOF) providers who receive cheques for <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=43B5F044292E4F10B7E63231E93E2645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CCOF base funding<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=77241B9EE085467F94219D69F0008B29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fee reductions for families<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=FCC7ACF3C7BC4C0D8D56CA75D07F66E5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Child Care Benefit<\/a> payments or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=87D4CA6A43614E4BA8BDF95366D0EF73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement<\/a>, as well as $10 a Day ChildCareBC program providers, are encouraged to submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/british-columbians-our-governments\/services-policies-for-government\/internal-corporate-services\/finance-forms\/fin-312-direct-deposit-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">direct deposit form<\/a> to <a href=\"mailto:ccdda@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ccdda@gov.bc.ca<\/a> to minimize delays in receiving funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding recipients who receive cheques through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=6D79DED656774B968ACB4BD9A312CFDA\">New Spaces Fund<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=35E5BE88F14848D2AA7809179C7E8978\">Start-up Grants<\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=4F1B6269182F4224910C1FA168875011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maintenance Fund<\/a>\u00a0are encouraged to submit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/british-columbians-our-governments\/services-policies-for-government\/internal-corporate-services\/finance-forms\/fin-312-direct-deposit-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">direct deposit form<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cccf@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cccf@gov.bc.ca<\/a>\u00a0to minimize delays in receiving funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certified Early Childhood Educators (ECE) and applicants for certification may experience delays in processing applications and receiving issued certificates due to the Canada Post strike. The Canada Post strike may impact renewal for a small number of currently practicing ECEs. Requests for copies of a certificate can be made to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=9376DE7539D44C64B3E667DB53320E71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECE Registry<\/a> at <a href=\"mailto:ECERegistry@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECERegistry@gov.bc.ca<\/a> and will be sent to the registrant\u2019s email address on file.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ECE Registry does not have the ability to exempt certification requirements. If a child care provider is concerned, they are encouraged to contact their licensing officer to discuss options if a certificate has not been received for an ECE at their facility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Child care providers, families and ECEs can contact the Child Care Service Centre at 1-888-338-6622 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, with any questions or for support in enrolling in electronic direct deposit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the Canada Post labour disruption, mail services were&nbsp;interrupted as of Friday, November 15, 2024, and will impact ChildCareBC programs.&nbsp;As a result, mail is not being sent out currently, and there is no information on when and how mail services will resume.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1231],"division":[393],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[308,298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-49848","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2024-11-22","division-ccd","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-early-learning-and-child-care-leads","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50133,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49848\/revisions\/50133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=49848"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=49848"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=49848"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=49848"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=49848"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=49848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}