Discovery Day Care in Prince Rupert among facilities to gain from Provincial 10 dollar a day child care funding

The Province of British Columbia has announced a new round of funding for its 10 dollar a Day Child Care program, with 1, 375 more spaces funded today. 

Included on the list is the Discovery Day Care on Prince Rupert Boulevard in Prince Rupert, adjacent to Charles Hays Secondary School

That Non profit Day Care space has received funding for 16 infant-toddler spaces and placements for 16  children, 2 1/2 years to kindergarten.

Discovery Day Care Manager Lisa Pretulac highlighted her enthusiasm at today's announcement.

“I am so excited to have our day care accepted to be a $10-a-day centre.This has been a dream over much of my 30-year career that most of us thought would never happen. I’m proud to provide this for our families and see it as such a positive step toward a quality, sustainable system of child care for both families and child care professionals.”

Christy Colussi, a parent who uses Discovery Daycare noted how the funding will assist her family.

“I’m very excited for Discovery Daycare to start the $10-a-day program. As a parent, I have two children attending Discovery, so it saves us almost $1,000 per month. This will allow us to add to the children’s Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) accounts, as well as help us travel to see our extended family in Ontario.”

In today's information release, the Province outlined how the program works. and how it reduces cost for families.

Spaces in the $10-a-day program reduce the average cost of child care from $1,000 a month for full-time, centre-based infant care to $200 a month for the same service, saving families an average of $800 a month per child.

BC Government Minister for Child Care, Grace Lore also observed as to how the program is providing help to families in the province who look to balance work and family.

“Affordable child care can be life-changing, and with these new $10-a-day spaces, we continue our work to make life more affordable for families with more spaces converted in the next few weeks. The recent child care savings and the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program are some of the ways we are making child care more affordable and allowing parents – especially mothers – to pursue opportunities and achieve financial independence and security, which benefits families, our communities and the economy as a whole.”

The full announcement and list of other Day Care facilities to receive funding today can be explored here.

More notes related to provincial themes can be explored through our Legislature archive.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.