New Democrat MLA Nathan Cullen says families in Stikine will save money on child care as a local child care site becomes a $10–a–Day ChildCareBC sites where fees are capped at a maximum of $200 a month per child.

“Every family should be able to access the childcare they need, at an affordable price,” said Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine. “These $10-a-Day spaces will make a huge difference for families in our community, putting money back in their budget every month.”

The Ark PlayDay Centre in Telkwa is becoming a $10-a-Day ChildCareBC site,  which means 52 child care spaces will have fees dramatically reduced for parents.

Spaces in the $10-a-Day ChildCareBC program reduce the average cost of child care from $1,000 a month at participating facilities (for full-time, centre-based infant care) to $200 a month, saving families approximately $800 a month per child on average. The newly approved $10-a-day spaces are being offered at 61 child care centres throughout B.C., bringing the total number of $10 a Day spaces in B.C. to nearly 11,000.

In addition to these spaces, the Province, with federal funding support, is helping approximately 69,000 families with the cost of child care at centres that are not part of the $10-a-day program through child care fee reductions of up to $550 more per month per child. These savings, which kicked in on Dec. 1, 2022, are in addition to the $350 per month per child that families have been saving through the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative since 2018.

For more information on the $10 a Day ChildCareBC sites and spaces: www.gov.bc.ca/childcare10aDaysites