Wellington County is getting a boost from the Canada Wide Early Learning Child Care program.
The county will receive an additional $3.8 million who was given $28 million in November to help reduce what parents pay for licensed childcare.
The funding will be used to increase the base and upper wage limits for early childhood educators, supervisors, program staff and child care visitors within the system.
The base hourly wage for program staff is set to increase from $19 to $23.86 with supervisors and home childcare visitors getting a wage increase from $21 to $24.86.
