2025 Child Care Grants

All 11 applications for the Child Care Capital Grants are from organizations who deliver licensed child care programs offering a range of services, including Group Care Under 36 Months, Group Care 30 Months to School Age, Preschool and Group Care School Age. The 11 Child Care Capital Grants requests amount to $52,979.94. The CCDAC recommends funding 10 of the 11 grant applicants for a total of $34,267.96 as outlined in Table 1 below. There were a number of applications for the 2025 Child Care Grant Applications that have resulted in recommendations for less funding than the amounts requested due to:  The inclusion of ineligible items;  Little to no funding being contributed by the applicant or 100% of costs requested through the grant;  Requests to fund a higher priced item, when a lower cost comparable alternative is available; and  Requests to replace functional equipment for aesthetic reasons. Based on a detailed review of the applications and in light of the rationale identified above, the CCDAC recommendations are for less than the total funding available. With the current changes to the mechanism and restrictions on the use of amenity contributions from development due to new Provincial housing legislation, the funding for the Child Care Grant Program must be allocated carefully to ensure sustainability of the program. As per standard practice and in keeping with the Child Care Grant Program Guidelines, none of the ineligible items are recommended for funding and lower price items have been recommended unless there was reasonable justification as to the merit of the higher price item. There is one request, where grant funding is not recommended. This applicant is requesting $7,500.00 for replacement wooden furniture for philosophical and aesthetic reasons. The current equipment remains functional and the need for full replacement of the furniture has not been demonstrated. The full details of these recommendations are outlined in Attachment 3 and Table 1 outlines the requested and recommended amounts.

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