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April 11, 2024

Excerpt: "The EYC Expansion Capital Grant provides financial assistance to create new licensed early learning and child care spaces, particularly for infant and/or toddler-aged children within new and existing facilities. This grant offers a maximum of $200,000 to facilitate new construction, renovations, and/or equipment purchases to help meet the urgent need for expanded spaces. The EYC Architectural Fee Reimbursement Grant offers funding for architectural fees to create new licensed early learning and child care spaces. This grant aims to alleviate financial barriers that hinder centres from expanding by reimbursing 80 per cent of the project's architecture fees to a maximum of $80,000."
April 10, 2024

Excerpt: "Island students are learning while outdoors and having fun at the same time thanks to more than 100 projects funded through new grants from the Department of Education and Early Years. The Outdoor Learning Grants are funding all sorts of outdoor activities, including day trips, conservation projects, outdoor classrooms and play spaces, weather stations, school gardens and more. The goal is to help kids learn important skills while providing meaningful outdoor learning opportunities that transcend traditional classroom settings. "We want every student to have the chance to explore nature and learn outside. With these grants, we want to help empower schools and teachers to create impactful outdoor learning experiences that inspire curiosity, foster environmental stewardship, and promote personal growth.""
April 4, 2024

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Anisha Jahagirdar - April 2024 student spotlight
April 3, 2024

Anisha Jahagirdar

Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Expected year of graduation: 2024 (MA), 2029 (PhD)
April 2, 2024

Excerpt: "鈥淐hild care is expensive enough without fees adding up before families have secured child care,鈥 said Mitzi Dean, Minister of State for Child Care. 鈥淓liminating waitlist fees will mean that families no longer face having to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars simply to find a child care space. We鈥檙e supporting families with the cost of child care, and now that starts when families are looking for a spot.鈥 Approximately 5% of providers, mostly in metropolitan areas, were charging families a fee to put their name on a waitlist. Because most families looking for child care reach out to a number of providers, this was a significant cost. Waitlist fees, most of which are non-refundable, ranged from $25 to $200 or more."