WINNIPEG – The federal government and Province of Manitoba are celebrating the opening of a new child care facility in Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge neighbourhood.
S.P.L.A.S.H. Child Care Inc. has expanded its operations to facilitate 40 new child care spaces through its new Urban Learning Centre, a release said.
The Manitoba government invested $215,000 in capital grant funding to create new school-age spaces through the Early Learning and Child Care Building Fund and provided an additional $13,000 in one-time start-up grant funding, the release said.
The federal government invested $175,000 under the Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement to create new preschool spaces through the Child Care Renovation Expansion Grant and provided $4,500 in one-time start-up grant funding.
Annual operating funding for preschool-aged spaces will be provided to S.P.L.A.S.H via the Canada-Manitoba Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement to ensure long-term sustainability of these new spaces.
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