Births fell in many nations during the pandemic as people feared going to hospitals, lacked family support because of lockdown restrictions and balked at child-care costs.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/11/chinas-population-likely-shrank-in-2022-as-births-hit-new-low/

Christina Holloway, a longtime child-care provider in the valley, is opening a new preschool in the Aspen Airport Business Center for children ages 2 ½ to 5 years old.

Source: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/longtime-local-child-care-provider-will-open-new-preschool-in-abc-replaces-aspen-sprouts/

Despite federal plans to lower the cost of day-care services, one report finds it doesn’t address the lack of child-care spaces across Canada, as nearly half of younger children do not have access to services.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/cloverdale-rodeo-welcomes-crowds-for-first-time-since-the-pandemic-1.6407792

Karina Gould, the federal minister for families, children and social development, says having a large enough qualified workforce to staff the child-care program will be a huge challenge.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/child-care-worker-shortage-early-childhood-educators-1.6774940?cmp=rss

Legislation proposed in Congress this month would extend federal child-care payments with an additional $16 billion in funding for each of the next five years.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-28/end-to-federal-covid-child-care-funds-affect-california

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday moved to reduce children’s exposure to lead, proposing stricter limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/health-news/2023/07/epa-moves-to-reduce-childhood-exposure-to-lead-based-paint-dust/

ProducKIDvity, another child-care services provider, will take over Building Blocks' Sutherland Avenue operation in April.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/building-blocks-educare-permanent-closure-1.6713985?cmp=rss

She added that kids living in St. Brieux, about 180 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, are not living in a child-care desert, but the centre is still feeling the crunch of the increased demand.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-has-the-worst-childcare-deserts-in-canada-report-1.6849603?cmp=rss

She said the association has been pushing the province to fund a salary scale for all Manitoba child-care workers since 2011.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-child-care-rally-legislative-august-22-1.6944606?cmp=rss

The company is a marketplace that matches families with child-care providers and is marketed specifically to employers as a benefit for their workers.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-01-19/child-care-startups

The federal funds are also to be used to create 23,000 early learning and child-care spaces for kids aged six and under by 2026.

Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-to-have-average-10-a-day-child-care-in-april-three-years-ahead-of-schedule-1.6297730

The government has drafted – but not yet released – a child-care workforce strategy based on consultations held earlier this year with dozens of groups, including advocates, experts, operators, municipalities and colleges.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9754445/ontario-to-boost-ece-ewages/

“We know that child care is a crisis not just in Penticton but in B.C., so we were finding opportunities to expand our child-care spaces.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10181137/penticton-daycare-centre-closes/