The BC Government put forward a budget in February with significant impacts for families, and on March 18 released a poverty reduction plan, TogetherBC, which brings together a number of policy changes the provincial government have made since 2017 that are hoped will reduce overall poverty in the province by one-quarter and cut child poverty in half in the next five years.
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Through the Province’s Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (ELCC) with the Government of Canada, the Province is in the process of converting around 2,500 licensed child care spaces – with a priority on infant and toddler spaces – into low-cost spaces at existing child care facilities across B.C. Parents with children in these prototype sites will pay no more than $200 a month per child for full-time enrolment during regular business hours, regardless of the care type. For some low-income families, child care could be free.
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The Ministry of Children and Family Development is currently re-organizing the early years’ services that directly support children and families. For more information about the re-organization process and links to the Early Years Framework policy document, FAQs about the re-organization, the Early Years Professional Development pilot portal, and The Science of Early Child Development (SECD) resources, click here.
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The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with First Nations Health Authority, Health Canada and Regional Health Authorities, has launched Healthy Smiles for Life: BC’s First Nations and Aboriginal Oral Health Strategy.
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