Child-care centres are being prepared to help emergency and coronavirus pandemic response workers. The government of Saskatchewan is working to re-purpose child-care facilities in schools to provide child-care spaces beginning on Monday, March 23.
Priority for these spaces will be given to staff in health care and other pandemic response workers for infant, toddler, preschool and school-aged children to provide support to those responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant said the government has been working with child-care providers in schools to provide this essential service. “We know the impact this change has on families during these times,” he said. “We are looking for everyone to contribute