Reducing child care costs: between confusion and impatience

I was impatiently waiting for it because of my salary […] for […] that I can set aside the balance for other family expensesexplains this Windsor resident who has a daughter in the child care network toy box.

” Just yesterday I paid the bill in full, the same amount I pay monthly. »

Mr. Lehani Kagayo also indicated that he has not yet received any information from the daycare about the reduction in daycare fees. He admitted he didn’t ask either, assuming he would contact her when the time was right.

I thought that when they had the information they would automatically apply it. That’s what came into my mindhe says.

Variable geometry?

Maxime Nouya is all smiles. He began to observe comfort.

We received the last invoice in May from the daycare center where we noticed that there were reductions applied. It is retroactive. The deductions are applied for the month of April and for the month of May. And so actually reduced the bill for the month of Mayhe explains.

” It’s always a good thing to have more money in your pocket. We can do things differently here, do activities, travel, and so on. »

However, her son attends the same daycare network as Mr. Lehani Kagayo’s son, but at a different Windsor branch.

The direction of toy box did not respond to interview requests from Radio-Canada to explain the difference in treatment between its customers.

The director of children’s services for the City of Windsor also does not understand the situation, because as manager of this program, the City has not yet provided any subsidies, or concluded an agreement with daycare centers to allow reduction in these costs.

Until they receive these funds or the process is in place, no rebates will be given.explained Dawn Bosco.

He said municipalities need time to implement processes to meet requests for child care funding before cuts are possible.

eravril, mais cela ne signifie pas qu’ils prévoyaient que l’entente entrerait en vigueur à partir du 1^eravril”,”text”:”Je crois que là où il y a un peu de confusion, c’est qu’ils s’engagent [fédéral et provincial] à rétrofinancer au 1eravril, mais cela ne signifie pas qu’ils prévoyaient que l’entente entrerait en vigueur à partir du 1eravril”}}”>I think where there is a bit of confusion they get involved [fédéral et provincial] retrofinance to 1^eh April, but that doesn’t mean they expect the agreement to take effect from 1^eh Aprilhe says.

” So much planning still needs to be done in each municipality so that families have access to this opportunity. »

Other parents are waiting

Nicole Blanchette is the general manager of La Ribambelle, which manages nine daycare centers in the southwest of the province.

He said child care providers have not yet been able to implement the 25% reduction because they do not know how to do it.

We have not yet received enough information, details or grants to lower the fees. It’s just in the discussion periodhe explained.

” We have up to 1^eh September to decide if we want to be part of this project or leave it. »

In part, the Ontario Ministry of Education states via email that it has been unblocked funding and a full range of implementation supports for municipal service system managers to enable enrollment in the Pan-Canadian Early Learning and Child Care System.

” Managers of the municipal service system advised the ministry that they continue to develop and seek approval for their policies and processes for enrolling participating licensed child care programs in the new system. »

The ministry explained that % et rétroactives au 1^eravril”,”text”:”remises de frais pour les parents, jusqu’à 25% et rétroactives au 1eravril”}}”>Fee discounts for parents, up to 25% and retroactive up to 1^eh April will take place. He added that he expected the registration process continues throughout the fall.

Meanwhile, Jacques Lehani Kagayo wonders if the promised money won’t come too late, when his daughter is already enrolled in kindergarten.