DaycareDebt: Daycare by the numbers
It's difficult to to paint a picture of the state of child care in Newfoundland and Labrador because some daycares are licensed and regulated, while many others are not. We've added quotes from mothers who talked to CBC News while we were researching this story.
Here are some numbers we've found.
Newfoundland and Labrador government
As of June 30, 2014, the total number of regulated child care spaces in Newfoundland and Labrador was 7,815 representing a 30 per cent increase since 2007, according to the Newfoundland and Labrador government's Child Care Fact Sheet.
- 200 Child Care Centres with 7,045 spaces
- 135 Family Child Care Homes with 770 spaces
From April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014, a total of 2,330 children received subsidies for regulated child care spaces located in 225 child care centres and family child care homes.
Newfoundland and Labrador child care fact sheet
The Parent Trap - Centre for Policy Alternatives
"Hoping the government is able to help young families like mine. We make decent money at our jobs, but seems like not enough to pay daycare, the mortgage and everything else that comes along with that, plus having two small growing children." - Christa Doyle
“I've interviewed more babysitters/caregivers/home daycare centres than I care to recall. I left many places not only feeling defeated, but depressed and in tears, thinking, ‘Some people have no choice but to leave their children here because it’s the only thing they can afford.’” - Gillian Roberts
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The Jimmy Pratt Foundation - The Early Years Last a Lifetime
“I am not paying someone almost all of my pay to raise my children, I would rather stay home with them until they attend school all day.” - Eugenia Hughes