{"id":50968,"date":"2024-12-13T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&p=50968"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T00:20:40","slug":"renewal-for-the-2025-26-child-care-operating-funding-child-care-fee-reduction-initiative-and-early-childhood-educator-wage-enhancement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/renewal-for-the-2025-26-child-care-operating-funding-child-care-fee-reduction-initiative-and-early-childhood-educator-wage-enhancement\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewal for the 2025\/26 Child Care Operating Funding, Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/a> assists providers with the day-to-day costs of running a licensed child care facility. It also enhances early childhood educator wages and reduces fees for families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Published <\/span>Friday December 13 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n

Renewal for the 2025\/26 Child Care Operating Funding, Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a> assists providers with the day-to-day costs of running a licensed child care facility. It also enhances early childhood educator wages and reduces fees for families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In early January 2025, applications for the 2025\/26 intake will open through My ChildCareBC Services<\/a>. To ensure providers have time to plan, the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative funding guidelines<\/a> have been shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For 2025\/26, fee increase limits<\/a> 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<\/a>, fee reductions for families<\/a>, provider payments<\/a>, and the Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The affordability benchmarks for new child care centres will remain at the regional 80th<\/sup> percentile for children under 36 months and at the 75th<\/sup> percentile for all other child care categories. Refer to the 2025\/26 Funding Guidelines<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For $10 a Day ChildCareBC applicants:<\/strong> Child care providers who recently applied to the $10 a Day ChildCareBC<\/a> program will learn more about the status of their application early in the new year. Successful applicants who accept a new $10 a Day ChildCareBC funding agreement will receive funding through the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program.  <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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