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CHILD CARE FEE SUBSIDY PROGRAM

Fee assistance is paid directly to non-profit and for-profit service providers on behalf of eligible parents.

Eligibility for fee subsidies is determined either through an income or a needs test. Working parents are assessed for eligibility through an income test. Social assistance recipients whose children attend child care for child development purposes are assessed for eligibility through a needs test.

Rates for subsidized spaces are set by the provincial government. Subsidy rates are uniform regardless of the child's age.

The provincial fee subsidy budget is capped. When all the allocated funds have been spent, eligible parents go on a waiting list.

Approval from the Director of Family and Rehabilitative Services Division is required before a centre can have more than 50% of its spaces subsidized.

Any licensed non-profit or for-profit child care program is eligible to enroll children receiving subsidies.

Eligibility for fee subsidy (net income, 1998)
  Turning
point		 Break-even point
1 parent, 1 child $9,960 $18,240
2 parents, 2 children $11,040 $19,320 

The turning point is the income level up to which full subsidy is available. Partial subsidy is available up to the break-even point at which income subsidy ceases.

Average percentage of centre revenue from fee subsidies   14.4%

 

PUBLIC FUNDING FOR REGULATED CHILD CARE

One-time funding None
Recurring funding None

 

Provincial allocations for regulated child care (1998)
Fee subsidy $3,300,000
One time funding none
Recurring funding none
Other funding none
Total $3,300,000

 

Annual regulated child care allocation for each child 0-12 yrs  $38.28
(estimate based on provincial budget)

 

FEDERAL FUNDING

Entitlements on child care expenditures   No longer available
(See FEDERAL ROLE for more information)

 

SALARIES (1998)

Mean gross hourly wage for child care staff
(full and part-time staff combined)
Assistant Teachers $6.37
Teachers $6.76
Teachers Directors $7.89
Administrative Directors $12.07

 

Average percentage of centre budget spent on wages and benefits 70.1%

 

FEES (1998)

Median monthly parent fees for full-time care Centres
Infants (Age 0-17 mos) n/a*
Toddlers (Age 18 mos - 3 yrs) $380
Preschoolers (Age 3 yrs -5.11yrs) $360
School-age n/a
* At time of data collection there was not regulated infant care. (See RECENT DEVELOPMENTS)

 

Average percentage of centre revenue from parent fees 82.1%

 
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