child day care services...2,043 2,700 5,108 infa pre sch 10 total 1,970 10,707 12,880 25,557 nt...
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Child Day Care Services Annual Statistical Report
2014-2015
Year Ending March 31, 2015
Child Day Care Services Annual Statistical Report 2013-2014
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Table of Contents EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES .................................................................................. 3 PROFILE OF NEW BRUNSWICK CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES Regulated Facilities and Spaces .......................................................................... 4 Type of Spaces ..................................................................................................... 5 Facilities New and Closed ..................................................................................... 6 For and Non Profit ................................................................................................. 7 Child Care Spaces by Age .................................................................................... 8 Child Care Spaces by School District .................................................................... 9 Combined by Age and School District ................................................................. 10 Language by Facilities ........................................................................................ 11 Estimated Average Cost of Care ......................................................................... 12 Estimated Average Cost of Care by Sector ........................................................ 13 Estimated Average Cost of Care by School District ............................................ 14 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING SUPPORT Recognized Training Profile .............................................................................. 15 Staff Profile – Training Status ............................................................................. 16 Staff Profile – Training Status by Sector ............................................................. 17 Staff Wages Trained ........................................................................................... 18 Staff Wages Untrained ........................................................................................ 19 Staff Profile Trained ............................................................................................ 20 Staff Profile Untrained ......................................................................................... 21 Staff Turnover Rates ........................................................................................... 22 DAY CARE ASSISTANCE Maximum Daily Rates ....................................................................................... 23 Take-up ............................................................................................................. 23 LICENSING AND MONITORITING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Number of Day Care Facilities by Region and Complaints filed ........................ 24 DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................. 26
Child Day Care Services Annual Statistical Report 2014-2015
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EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES
The Early Childhood Services branch is responsible for the development, design and monitoring of all departmental early childhood and school-based programs and services. We are pleased to share the New Brunswick 2014-2015 Child Day Care Services Annual Statistical Report. The information contained in this report will provide the user with an overview of Child Day Care Services in New Brunswick. This report provides a profile of New Brunswick Child Day Care Services for 2014-2015 and in some cases data from previous fiscal years so the user will be able to track trends. It reports on programs that support the child day care facilities and the families and children who access child day care services in New Brunswick. It also provides a picture of the investments that Education and Early Childhood Development has made in child day care services during this reporting period. The Child Day Care Services Program is responsible for representing the public interest in matters related to the safety and healthy development of young children from birth to 12 years of age who are in non-parental child day care arrangements primarily while their parents are working, studying or in training. Child Day Care Services are legislated under Part II of the Family Services Act, Day Care Regulation 83-85 and the Child Day Care Facilities Operator Standards.
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Staff Profile – Training Status
2010-11
Mar. 31, 2011 2011-12
Mar. 31, 20122012-13
Mar. 31,20132013-14
Mar. 31, 2014 2014-15
Mar. 31, 2015
# educators 3,125 3,261 3,365 3,611 3,864 Trained 1,272
(40%) 1,547 (47%)
1,585 (47%)
1,735 (48%)
1,895 (49%)
Untrained 1,853 (60%)
1,714 (53%)
1,780 (53%)
1,876 (52%)
1,969 (51%)
60%
53% 53%52%
51%
40%
47% 47% 48%49%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2015‐16
Untrained
Trained
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Staff Profile - Training Status by Sector
Anglophone Francophone
# educators 2,457 1,407
Trained 1,383 (56%) 512 (36%)
Untrained 1,074 (44%) 895 (64%)
56%
36%
44%
64%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Anglophone Francophone
Trained
Untrained
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Staff Wages
Average hourly wage TRAINED employees
2010-11 Mar. 31,
2011
2011-12 Mar. 31,
2012
2012-13 Mar. 31,
2013
2013-14 Mar. 31,
2014
2014-15 Mar. 31,
2015
All eligible staff $15.59 $15.71 $15.88 $16.08 $17.52 Administrator $18.77 $18.96 $19.41 $19.65 $20.64 Administrator/primary staff
$17.16 $16.99 $17.17 $17.47 $17.83
Primary staff $14.67 $15.30 $15.38 $15.57 $15.97
Average hourly wage TRAINED employees
**The provincial minimum wage increased to $10.00/hour in April 1, 2012. **The provincial minimum wage increase to $10.30/hours in December 31, 2014.
$15.59 $15.71 $15.88 $16.08
$17.52
$18.77 $18.96 $19.41
$19.65
$20.64
$17.16 $16.99
$17.17 $17.47
$17.83
$14.67
$15.30 $15.38 $15.57
$15.97
$14.00
$15.00
$16.00
$17.00
$18.00
$19.00
$20.00
$21.00
2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15
All Staff
A
A/PS
PSM
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Staff Wages
Average hourly wage UNTRAINED employees
**The provincial minimum wage increased to $10.00/hour in April 1, 2012. **The provincial minimum wage increase to $10.30/hours in December 31, 2014.
$12.59
$13.28 $13.48
$13.68 $15.10
$16.34
$17.21
$18.35
$18.96
$17.71
$14.43
$14.98 $15.38
$15.06 $15.42
$12.46
$13.11 $13.28 $13.42
$13.90
$12.00
$13.00
$14.00
$15.00
$16.00
$17.00
$18.00
$19.00
$20.00
2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15
AllStaff
A
A/PS
PSM
Average hourly wage UNTRAINED employees
2010-11 Mar. 31, 2011
2011-12 Mar. 31,
2012
2012-13 Mar. 31,
2013
2013-14 Mar. 31,
2014
2014-15 Mar. 31,
2015 All eligible staff $12.59 $13.28 $13.48 $13.68 $15.10
Administrator $16.34 $17.21 $18.35 $18.96 $17.71
Administrator/primary staff
$14.43 $14.98 $15.38 $15.06 $15.42
Primary staff $12.46 $13.11 $13.28 $13.42 $13.90
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Staff Turnover Rates 2009-2015
Year # employees left - Overall Percent
# employees left -Trained Percent
# employees
left -Untrained Percent
2008-2009 901 26.5% 213 18.8% 688 26.5%2009-2010 1018 26.7% 342 22.9% 676 43.9%2010-2011 1048 26.3% 347 21.2% 701 29.8%2011-2012 1012 24.7% 409 21.2% 603 27.9%2012-2013 980 23.5% 415 20.6% 565 26.2%2013-2014 1144 25.8% 502 23.3% 642 28.2%2014-2015 1482 29.2% 611 25.2% 871 32.7%
*Across all staff (Anglophone and Francophone) excluding Relief staff.
26.5%
43.9%
29.8%
27.9%26.2%
28.2%
32.7%
18.8%
22.9%21.2% 21.2% 20.6%
23.3%
25.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
45.0%
50.0%
2008‐2009 2009‐2010 2010‐2011 2011‐2012 2012‐2013 2013‐2014 2014‐2015
Untrained
Trained
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DAY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Day Care Assistance Program is designed to help New Brunswick families obtain the best possible child care for their children. This program offers parents or guardians financial assistance to help them access an approved, licensed day care facility. If parents or guardian have no access to a child day care facility, either because they work evenings, nights or weekends or because there is no licensed child day care facility near where they live they can obtain private child care through the Alternative Child Care Program.
Maximum Daily Rates As of October 2014
Infants - $28.50 / day Preschool - $24.25 / day School Age - $12.75 / day
Take-Up
5,422 children in approved child day care facilities benefited from the Day Care Assistance Program in 2014-2015.
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LICENSING AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
In New Brunswick, a Certificate of Approval is required to operate a day care facility. Certificates of Approval are issued for a twelve month period. However, under specific conditions, a temporary approval may be issued for a designated period of time, not to exceed six months. Early Childhood Services Coordinators approve and monitor the child day care facilities, investigate complaints and provide program support. The approval and renewal process ensures minimal standards of health, safety and well-being for young children in non-parental care. The chart below indicates the annual average percentage of facilities by region operating with a valid Certificate of Approval. A valid Certificate of Approval is an indicator that the day care facility has been inspected and is in compliance with the Day Care Regulation 83-85 prior to expiry of their current Certificate.
232
132
182
4732 32
49 59
9
2
3
11 2
20
0
50
100
150
200
250
Average Number of Regular and Temporary Certificates by Region 2014‐2015
TemporaryCertificates
RegularCertificates
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The following chart represents the number of complaints filed during the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
**This chart is based on caseload distribution by region rather than on the physical location of the day care facilities.
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ASD‐N ASD‐E ASD‐S ASD‐W DSF‐S DSF‐NE DSF‐NO
Number of Complaints Filed by District Approved and Unregulated Facilities 2014‐2015
Unregulated Facilities
Approved Facilities
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DEFINITIONS
Administrator means a person appointed by an operator who works on-site at the facility and supervises the day-to-day activities. Administrators may also own the facility and have the title: Operator, Director, or Manager. Administrator/primary staff is a person who is the facility administrator and spends seventy-five percent or more of their time at the day care facility providing day care services directly to children. A community day care home operator would be considered to be administrator/primary staff. Age Categories: In child day care services, there are three program types that serve different groups of children:
Infant – serves children under the age of two years old; Preschool – serves children (over 2 years old) who are not yet enrolled in
kindergarten; School age – serves children who are enrolled in school.
Approved means the day care facility has been issued an approval to operate from the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Child day care facility refers to both a day care center and a community day care home. Community day care home means a home in which day care services are provided for 6 or less children between the ages of infants through 12 years of age. Day care centre means a facility in which day care services are provided for 7 or more children of a combination of ages (infants through 12 years of age). Day care services means the care and supervision of a child for a period of less than twenty-four hours in a day care facility. Eligible employees are primary staff members, administrator/primary staff, on-site administrators, and relief staff. Employee means a person who performs work for or supplies services to an employer for wages.
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Primary staff member means (a) an operator, or (b) a person employed in a day care facility that spends seventy-five percent or more of their time at the daycare facility providing day care services directly to children. This is a permanent position. Recognized Early Children Education Training means the completion of early childhood education training through a program or institution recognized by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Relief worker is a person who is hired on an irregular, casual basis to fill a full time or part-time permanent position of a primary staff member who is unable to work for any reason. Wage is money paid to an employee for work done that is usually figured on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.