Close to 100 more reduced cost child care spaces will soon be available in Burnaby.
Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Anne Kang announced Monday (Jan. 30) 91 child care spaces at Cascade Heights YMCA Childcare and Kids Club will be transitioned to the $10-a-day program, which caps fees at $200 each month per child.
The facility is licensed for under 36 months, age 3 to 5 years and school-age.
"As a mom, I know first hand the importance of affordable and safe childcare. $10 a Day childcare goes a long way to making life more affordable for families," Kang said in a news release.
"By reducing fees for these sites, we're helping more parents, especially mothers, to pursue their goals and achieve financial independence and security, which benefits our entire Burnaby community."
The province says the average cost of child care will drop from roughly $1,000 a month at participating facilities (full-time, centre-based infant care) to $200 a month.
Other Burnaby ChildCareBC sites include:
- Bee Daycare (corporate/limited company) - In Home, Multi-Age
- Brentwood Nursery School/Brentwood Preschool (not-for-profit) - Preschool
- Burnaby South Childcare (not-for-profit) - Under 36 months, age 3 to 5 years
- Deaf Children's Society of B.C. (not-for-profit) - Age 3 to 5 years
- Fairhaven Children's Centre (not-for-profit) - Age 3 to 5 years
- Metrotown YMCA Child Care Centre (not-for-profit) - Under 36 months, age 3 to 5 years
- Montecito Child Care Center (not-for-profit) - Age 3 to 5 years
- Morley Child Care Centre (not for profit) - Age 3 to 5 years, preschool, school age
- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Child Care (corporate/limited company) - Under 36 months, age 3 to 5 years
- SFU Childcare Society (not-for-profit) - Under 36 months, 30 months to school age, school age
