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New Brunswick Announces Plan To Provide FREE CHILD CARE To Low Income Families

Darpan News Desk IANS, 11 Jan, 2018 12:18 PM

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Low income families in New Brunswick will have access to free child care under a program announced by the provincial government.

Premier Brian Gallant says providing access to free child care will give low-income parents every opportunity to enter the workforce or pursue their studies.

The program will be open to families with an annual gross income under $37,500.

Free child care will be offered to New Brunswick families that need the most support. // Des services de garderies gratuits seront offerts aux familles du Nouveau-Brunswick qui sont le plus dans le besoin. pic.twitter.com/RaNFBz8KLk
— Brian Gallant (@BrianGallantNB) January 11, 2018

The first designated Early Learning Centres will be in the Saint John and Edmundston areas beginning in March.

Gallant says they will be implemented provincewide by March 2019.

He says additional financial support for preschool-aged children will be announced in the near future.

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