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November 02, 2005

 

MELNICK ANNOUNCES $5.75 MILLION FOR 3,168 CHILD-CARE SPACES
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More Investments in Early Learning, Child Care; Improvements to Nursery-school Program

The next major stage in Manitoba’s child-care action plan will see the investment of at least $5.75 million for up to 3,168 licensed spaces this year which will help further improve quality, affordability and accessibility of child care, Family Services and Housing Minister Christine Melnick announced today.

Details of $3.3 million for at least 1,650 licensed spaces in Winnipeg were announced today at SISTARS Child Care Centre on Euclid Avenue. The remaining 750 spaces, designated for areas of the province in high need of more spaces, will be funded next year and the exact location of the new spaces will be determined in 2006.

"We continue to build upon Manitoba’s vision for early learning and child care and meet the early childhood development priorities of Manitobans," Melnick said. "We are taking these additional steps for more licensed spaces, making child care more accessible to those who need it. This also helps stabilize existing, non-profit early-learning and child-care centres so they are better able to offer high-quality programs and services."

Highlights of this stage of the action plan include new, annual operating-grant support for 91 child-care centres in Winnipeg. (See attached list.)

In addition to new funding announced today, support of $140,000 for up to 200 nursery-school spaces will also be provided in 2006. This is part of Manitoba’s plan, which calls for the existing nursery-school program for three and four year olds to be expanded and more closely linked to other early childhood development initiatives. The nursery schools identified for this expanded funding will be determined next year.

The new approach will not only support 200 nursery-school spaces, but will allow for parents’ fees to be reduced to no more than $5 per session. More Manitoba families will be able to access nursery-school programs and more subsidies will be available for low-or middle-income families to help with the cost of nursery school. Families, including those with a stay-at-home parent who wish to enrol their child in a part-time nursery school program, will no longer be required to demonstrate a need for a subsidy based on work or school.

On April 29, Manitoba and Canada signed an agreement called Moving Forward on Early Learning and Child Care, the first of its kind in Canada. The total budget for Manitoba’s Child Care program, including the Children with Disabilities Program, is now $103 million.

In July, details of $14.4 million in support were announced of which $11.5 million was to increase wages and benefits for early childhood educators including those who care for children with disabilities, providing for annual salaries of approximately $27,000 to $30,000. That announcement also noted that income levels for family child-care providers would be improved and funds for recruitment and training of more early childhood educators would be increased by $2.9 million.

In total over the next five years, Manitoba’s share of the federal government’s support is estimated to be $176 million. Manitoba is committed to spending all new federal funds on the child-care system.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ATTACHED

 

NEW, ANNUAL OPERATING GRANT SUPPORT

FOR 91 CHILD CARE CENTRES IN WINNIPEG

Operating Grant Amount

·1 St. Maurice Day Care – four infant, 97 preschool, 45 school-age and 18 nursery-school spaces

$355,566

·2 Morrow Avenue Day Care – Teen Stop Jeunesse – 16 infant and 32 preschool spaces

$226,304

·3 Horizon's Children's Centre Inc. – 16 infant and six preschool spaces

$150,592

·4 Rainbow Day Nursery – Phase III – 32 preschool and 30 school-age spaces

$117,128

·5 Sistars Child Care Centre – four infant, 24 preschool and 12 school-age spaces

$115,084

·6 Les Enfants Precieux Inc. – eight infant, 27 school-age and five nursery-school spaces

$92,776

·7 Leila Day Care Centre Inc. – 29 preschool and five school-age spaces

$89,413

·8 Downs Children’s Centre Inc. – eight infant, five preschool and five school-age spaces

$86,085

·9 James Child Care – 28 preschool and one school-age spaces

$82,464

·10 Aleph Bet Child Life Enrichment – 24 preschool and 15 school-age spaces

$80,886

·11 Sunny Mountain Day Care Inc. – 10 preschool and 45 school-age spaces

$73,805

·12 Blessed Virgin Mary Sadok – 24 preschool spaces

$69,888

·13 Cornish Child Care Centre Inc. – eight infant spaces

$66,560

·14 Laugh and Learn School Age Centre – 10 preschool and 37 school-age spaces

$62,693

·15 Wild Strawberry Children’s Centre – 10 preschool and 30 school-age spaces

$55,742

·16 St. Maurice School Age – 60 school-age spaces

$55,680

·17 Linwood Child Care – 14 preschool and 16 school-age spaces

$53,911

·18 Morrow Avenue Day Care, Archwood – 10 preschool and 20 school-age spaces

$48,980

·19 Rainbow Day Nursery - Phase IV – 10 preschool and 20 school age-spaces

$48,980

·20 St. James Y Family Child Care – 10 preschool and 20 school-age spaces

$48,980

·21 On The Move Day Care – 16 preschool and one school-age spaces

$47,585

·22 Assiniboine Children’s Centre – four infant and 15 school-age spaces

$46,225

·23 Little Friends - Phoenix School – 10 preschool and 18 school-age spaces

$46,019

·24 Ecole Varennes Before & After (YM-YWCA) – 10 preschool and 19 school-age spaces

$45,534

·25 Les Franco-Lions de Lacerte – 45 school-age spaces

$41,760

·26 Happiness Is – 14 preschool spaces

$40,403

·27 Harstone Children’s Centre – Alverstone – four infant and two preschool spaces

$37,885

·28 Earl Grey Children’s Centre – 11 preschool and five school-age spaces

$36,307

·29 Taking Charge/Taking Care – 12 preschool spaces

$34,944

·30 Heritage Park Children's Programs Inc. – 12 preschool spaces

$34,944

·31 Little Saints – 12 preschool spaces

$34,944

·32 Lions Gate Day Care (Sign Talk) – four infant spaces

$32,305

·33 Morrow Avenue Day Care , Glenwood – seven preschool and 12 school-age spaces

$32,300

·34 Cantebury Park – 10 preschool and three school age-spaces

$32,099

·35 Little Bo Peep Children's Day Nursery Inc. – 11 preschool spaces

$32,032

·36 Little Lambs Christian Preschool – 11 preschool spaces

$31,058

·37 Downtown YM-YWCA Before & After School – 30 school-age spaces

$29,790

·38 Munroe Early Childhood Education SA – 30 school-age spaces

$29,790

·39 YM/YWCA, Kimberly B & A School Program – 30 school-age spaces

$29,790

·40 Ohr HaTorah Day School – 10 preschool spaces

$29,120

·41 Robertson Before & After School Program Inc. – 30 school-age spaces

$28,815

·42 Rainbow Day Nursery – Phase I – 30 school-age spaces

$27,840

·43 Ecole Regent Park – 30 school-age spaces

$27,840

·44 Dante Day Nursery – nine preschool spaces

$26,208

·45 Kookums Place – nine preschool spaces

$25,599

·46 South Park Child Care – nine preschool spaces

$25,112

 

·47 Morrow Avenue Day Care (Lavalee) – eight preschool spaces

$22,687

·48 Morrow Avenue Day Care (Vic-Wyatt) – eight preschool spaces

$22,322

·49 Aleph Bet Child Life Enrichment – 24 preschool and 15 school-age spaces

$20,475

·50 Meadows West Kids Kare Inc. – 20 school-age spaces

$19,860

·51 Cairn’s Child Care – seven preschool spaces

$19,531

·52 Morrow Avenue Day Care, Dr. D.W. Penner – 19 school-age spaces

$18,867

·53 Victor Mager L.A.S.P. – four preschool and five school-age spaces

$16,613

·54 Sunnyside Child Care – 17 school-age spaces

$15,776

·55 Beaumont Day Care Inc. – 15 school-age spaces

$14,895

·56 Fort Garry Child Care Centre – 15 school-age spaces

$14,895

·57 YM/YWCA, Frontenac Before & After School Program – 15 school-age spaces

$14,895

·58 Westview Community Daycare Inc. – 15 school-age spaces

$14,895

·59 Brooklands Day Care – 15 school-age spaces

$13,920

·60 RHS Child Care – 15 school-age spaces

$13,920

·61 General Vanier Children’s Centre – 15 school-age spaces

$13,920

·62 EMU – 15 school-age spaces

$13,920

·63 Panda Bear Day Care Co-op Inc. – one preschool and nine school-age spaces

$11,849

·64 Lions Gate Day Care – four preschool spaces

$11,648

·65 Discovery Children's Centre – four preschool spaces

$11,648

·66 Harrow Co-op Children’s Centre – four preschool spaces

$11,161

·67 St. Norbert Children’s Centre – one infant and one preschool space

$10,866

·68 Les Heures Claires – 10 school-age spaces

$9,930

·69 Story Book School Age Program – 10 school-age spaces

$9,930

·70 Assiniboine Castle Children’s – 10 school-age spaces

$9,670

·71 Lord Roberts School Age – three preschool spaces

$8,370

·72 Windsor Park Children’s Centre – three preschool spaces

$8,370

·73 Faith Children's Centre – eight school-age spaces

$7,944

·74 Transcona Jaycees – two preschool and two school-age spaces

$7,436

·75 Agassiz Child Care – eight school-age spaces

$7,424

·76 CAPT – eight school-age spaces

$7,424

·77 Ashworth Child Care – seven school-age spaces

$6,496

·78 Chapman Day Care Inc. – two preschool spaces

$5,824

·79 Morrow Avenue Day Care (Victor H.L. Watt) – two preschool spaces

$5,824

·80 Story Book Day Care Centre Inc. – two preschool spaces

$5,824

·81 CAPT – two preschool spaces

$5,580

·82 Crestview Park Day Nursery – two preschool spaces

$5,580

·83 Dalhousie Day Care – five school-age spaces

$4,640

·84 Munroe Early Childhood Education SA – three school-age spaces

$2,979

·85 Munroe Early Childhood Education SA – three school-age spaces

$2,979

·86 Norwood French Immersion Preschool Inc. – nine nursery-school spaces

$2,439

·87 OK Before & After School Program Inc. – two school-age spaces

$1,986

·88 Sugar N Spice Kiddie Haven Inc. – two school-age spaces

$1,986

·89 Rupertsland Day Care Centre – one school-age space

$993

·90 Inkster Community Child Care – one school-age space

$928

·91 Valley Gardens Play School – two nursery-school spaces

$542

TOTAL WINNIPEG

$3,327,426

 

 

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