A report to city council states that $885,843.35 in child care program funding will be cut effective Jan. 1, 2015, resulting in cuts in the number of subsidized child care spaces available to those in need.
Sault Star: Subsidized Child Care Spots Face Cuts
More than $800,000 in child care program funding will be cut effective Jan. 1, 2015, resulting in cuts that will affect the city’s most vulnerable. The new funding formula is based on a number of variables, including the number of children within various catchment areas as well as other factors.
Sault Star: Child Care Options To Be Reviewed In Spring
Subsidized child care spaces will be reduced as a result of cuts from provincial funding formula. City council will need to decide later this year if it still wants to run child day care operations.