ChildCareBC Bulletin

Edition 96, January 30, 2025

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Reminder: Renewal for the 2025 to 2026 Child Care Operating Funding, Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement

Together, government and child care providers are reducing fees for families and sustaining child care services in communities throughout British Columbia. Child Care Operating Funding (CCOF) assists providers with the day-to-day costs of running a licensed child care facility.

Applications for the 2025 to 2026 renewal are now open through My ChildCareBC Services. To ensure providers have time to plan, the 2025-26 CCFRI funding guidelines were shared ahead of time.

For 2025 to 2026, fee increase limits remain at 3% of the regional median fee. These limits support families to access affordable child care. In addition to the 3% fee increase, providers are supported through base funding, fee reductions for families, provider payments and the Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement.

The CCOF program contact centre is open to provide support to child care providers from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 1 888 338-6622 (Option 2).

$10 a Day ChildCareBC applicants: Child care providers who recently applied to the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program will be notified directly about the status of their application. Successful applicants who accept a new $10 a Day ChildCareBC funding agreement will receive funding through the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program rather than the CCOF program.

 

Nurturing Play and Beyond: Middle Years Child Care Fundamentals Principles and Practices

Transform your practice in 2025 with Nurturing Play and Beyond: Middle Years Child Care Fundamentals, Principles & Practices. This course was created to address the gap in accessible, high-quality, holistic training for early childhood educators, early childhood educator assistants and school-age educators working with school-aged children.

This course equips early childhood educators, education assistants and school-aged educators with practical tools to elevate their practice. The course also fosters a culture of lifelong learning, child care advocacy and the advancement of care for children and families throughout B.C.

The course is offered over a four-week period, with six hours of self-led course material per week and a two-hour facilitated session at the end of each week. Participants will receive a certificate for a total of 27 professional development hours.

With support from the BC Early Years Professional Development Bursary, the course is now available for $55, compared to the original price of $270.

The following cohorts are now available for enrolment:

• Cohort 5: March 8 – March 29, 2025
• Cohort 6: April 26 – May 10, 2025
• Cohort 7: June 7 – June 28, 2025
• Cohort 8: August 9 – August 30, 2025

To find out more about this course and to register, please visit the Nurturing Play and Beyond: Middle Years Child Care Fundamentals Principles & Practices web page.