Emergency child care is being made available for the school-aged children of eligible essential workers in our area.
The measure is in place while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Stratford, Perth County and St.Marys, the spaces are being allocated in chronological order from application date and will only be available to those who are listed by Ontario as workers eligible for emergency child care.
Eligible families will also be required to have exhausted all other possibilities for child care.
The targeted emergency child care program will be provided at no cost to eligible parents.
You can click here to see a list of those eligible.
In Stratford, emergency child care for eligible school aged children will be provided at the Anne Hathaway Day Care Centre and by the YMCA of Three Rivers at Stratford District Secondary School; in Mitchell by Perth Care for Kids at Upper Thames Elementary School; in St. Marys by the Town of St. Marys at Holy Name of Mary School; in Monkton at the Elma Logan Recreation Complex, and in Listowel at Westfield Elementary School, by the Municipality of North Perth.
You can click here to learn more.
