What's happening at CRRU?
CRRU continues to inform strategies for expanding public and non-profit child care services, an element of key importance in building a universal child care system. Today we're releasing the next paper Assessing child care needs and forecasting demand (2022) in the Moving from private to public processes (2022) series. The final two papers will be released in the coming weeks.
The CRRU office has re-opened. We are working in the office Monday through Thursday and available by email at contactus@childcarecanada.org.
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Series paper five: Assessing child care needs and forecasting demands
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, March 2022
This fifth paper in a series of eight examines two kinds of policy tools—needs assessments and demand forecasting—which can be used to support the creation and growth of more publicly planned and managed child care. The paper provides overviews of approaches to needs assessment and demand forecasting in several local or regional contexts, discussing what these concepts are, why they are useful tools, their key components and what variables should be considered for implementation in different communities.
More money for more new parents
Policy Options, 16 March 2022
In this article the authors detail prominent changes made to Quebec’s Parental Insurance Plan in 2021 including: Enhanced income supplement for families with modest incomes, calculation of benefits based on individual income versus family income and the potential for both parents to receive the increased benefits. The authors note that the new eligibility rules could triple the proportion of families currently receiving the top-up. In other words, a growing number of low-income families now qualify for more generous benefits.
CA: National child-care deal would be transformational
The Hamilton Spectator, 18 March 2022
EU: Concerns raised about profit-making firms in childcare industry
Dutch News, 22 March 2022
Research, policy and practice
Pandemic effects: Ableism, exclusion, and procedural bias
Journal of Early Childhood Studies, 25 October 2021
This study analyzes the effects of pandemic-related disruptions to services on disabled children and families and analyzes how disabled childhood is valued in these pandemic responses. The closures caused by the pandemic allowed the researchers to determine which services were considered to be essential and most valued by the government and study the impact of those choices in the daily lives of disabled children and their families across Canada. The authors conclude that disabled children were disproportionately affected, leaving many unable to participate in child care and early learning programs. They call for changes that improve experiences of disable children beyond access to services
Women, business and the law 2022
World Bank Group, 1 March 2022
This report is the latest in a series of annual reports measuring global progress toward gender equality in law. This year's report includes a pilot research examining laws and regulations regarding child care availability, affordability and quality in 95 countries. Pilot data suggest a need to target access to affordable and quality child care in order to support working mothers and their children.
Child Care Now calls on the federal government to engage in a full public consultation process prior to tabling Canada’s first-ever federal child care law.
Child Care Now, 14 March 2022
Child Care Now’s submission to the Federal Secretariat on Early Learning and Child Care calls on the federal government to engage in a full public consultation process that provides adequate timing and includes a larger group of organizations before tabling Canada’s first-ever federal child care law. Child Care Now also presents four elements as the baseline of the federal legislation should it be introduced in the Spring.
How states would benefit if congress truly invested in child care and pre-K
The Century Foundation, 21 March 2022
This US-based analysis reviews specific ways in which child care and universal pre-kindergarten policies from the Building Back Better Act would affect various families across the US in the short-term. The analysis notes that these policies, if implemented, would have a tremendously positive impact on two generations of Americans. Authors argue that ensuring children have access to learning environments provides them a strong start in life while supporting parents and other caregivers to pursue greater opportunities for themselves and their families.
Child care in the news
CA: National childcare plan great for women, society
The Lindsay Advocate, 18 March 2022
CA: Lower daycare fees may remain years away for many parents, despite government promises
Globe and Mail, 22 March 2022
PEI: P.E.I.'s daycare registry not checked by childcare centres, says Kensington mother
Saltwire, 21 March 2022
NS: Advocates in Nova Scotia call for proper compensation and benefits for early childhood educators
Child Care Now, 16 March 2022
ON: While all school-aged children have been affected by the pandemic, it hasn’t been equal for everyone
Ryerson Today, 18 March 2022
ON: Peel region needs 40,000 new spaces if Ontario agrees to $10 per day childcare deal
Global News, 18 March 2022
SK: 1,202 New child care spaces coming to 21 Saskatchewan communities
Government of Saskatchewan, 16 March 2022
BC: Some B.C. childcare operators warning parents of extra fees in April
Vancouver Sun, 22 March 2022
BC: Letter: Childcare desperately needed in Squamish
The Squamish Chief, 17 March 2022
NT: Nunavut government gives 'thank-you' bonuses to child care workers
CBC News, 21 March 2022
NWT: Parent fees reduced in Northwest Territories: Space expansion the next hurdle
Child Care Now, 18 March 2022
AU: The Coalition’s ‘big change’ to childcare was a dud. Parents and teachers deserve better
The Guardian, 23 March 2022
EU: Childcare staff shortage reaches levels never seen before
The Brussel Times, 23 March 2022
EU: Investors are tightening their grip on childcare
Het Financieele Dagblad (The Financial Times), 21 March 2022
INTL: China takes steps to expand childcare services for toddlers
CGTN News, 18 March 2022
US: Child care workers don’t earn a living wage – and that’s a problem for all of us
Every Child Thrives, 17 March 2022
Events
End of year one: Building a Canada-wide system of early learning and child care
Child Care Now, 23 March 2022, 7:00–8:15 pm EDT
Child Care Now, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and Canadian Child Care Federation are hosting a national webinar to discuss the progress on the Canada-wide early learning and child care system. The webinar will address the challenges and opportunities ahead to build a high quality, truly accessible, affordable and inclusive system of early learning and child care.
Our power: Creating a just future for all
Public Interest Alberta, 7 April 2022, 6:30 pm MST
Public Interest Alberta will be hosting a four-week speaker series on a wide range of discussions about what is needed to protect and strengthen public services in the province. On April 7 2022, join Public Interest Alberta and CRRU’s Martha Friendly for a discussion on child care.
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