Ontario child care community distances itself from group of for-profit child care owners’ campaign against $10-a-day child care

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario child care organizations, educators and families are speaking out against a group of for-profit child care owners who are staging rolling closures in the province.

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Details of the new Ontario child care funding formula released

The Ontario government has released new documents providing details of the cost-based funding approach to be implemented in CWELCC programs in January 2025. 

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Program Profile 3: Windsor-Essex Registered Early Childhood Educators Mentorship Program

In the third program profile in our series, Alicia Graovac and Barb Brown describe an innovative mentorship program in Southwestern Ontario. The Windsor-Essex Registered Early Childhood Educators (W.E.R.E.C.E.) Mentorship Program is a formalized and comprehensive mentorship program for early learning professionals in the Windsor-Essex region. 

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Policy Brief 2: Ontario Child Care Funding Formula

In the latest publication from the OCBCC & AECEO’s Policy Brief series, Dr. Gordon Cleveland outlines what a new Ontario child care funding formula should do in order to be successful. It is anticipated that Ontario will release and implement a new child care funding formula in 2024-2025. This brief summarizes what elements should be considered, what options exist, and how to evaluate the efficacy of any new Ontario funding proposal. This brief will help inform the community’s evaluative processes, feedback and further refinements to Ontario’s forthcoming funding approach.

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