Workforce Compensation
Licensed Child Care
Workforce compensation Funding is focused on supporting child care staff who are lower wage earners. Increased compensation for lower wage earners is intended to help support the recruitment and retention of RECEs working in the licensed child care sector as part of a provincial strategy to achieve system growth and ensure increased access to high quality licensed child care.
It includes:
- Compensation enhancements for RECEs which includes an annual wage increase and wage floor increases.
- Support to Service Providers serving children from 6 to 12 years, for non-RECE staff which includes minimum wage offset to support with the minimum wage increases that came into effect October 1, 2022, and October 1, 2023.
ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING
Licensed child care centres and home child care agencies enrolled in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, serving children aged 0 to 5, will receive Workforce Compensation funding through Cost-Based Funding. For these centres and agencies, the Funding for Eligible Positions serving children aged 0 to 5 is incorporated into the benchmarks of cost-based funding.
For additional information, please refer to the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System Guidelines for Licensed Child Care Providers Enrolled in the CWELCC System.
Licensed centres or home child care agencies enrolled in CWELCC and serving children aged from 6 to 12 are eligible to receive Workforce Compensation Funding through Local Priorities Funding.
Click below to view the Workforce Compensation Guidelines for Licensed Child Care Service Providers Serving Children from 6 to 12 years of age.
APPEAL FORM
Licensed child care providers wanting to bring forward issues regarding Workforce Compensation funding decisions can complete the Service Provider Appeal Form below.
QUESTIONS
Questions about the Child Care and Early Years Workforce Funding should be addressed to:
District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board
Attention: Children’s Services Department, Finance and Data Coordination Team
Email: csfundingrequest@dnssab.ca