The YMCA has opened a licensed emergency child-care centre for front-line and essential workers in Simcoe County as Ontario grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The facility is located at Georgian College in Barrie and is open to the families of those working in essential services, starting Monday. “Providing safe and accessible child care options to our front-line professionals working in essential services is a key step in helping to alleviate staffing shortages and maintain critical community services,” Simcoe County warden George Cornell said in a statement.
The required safeguards have been put in place to protect the children in the YMCA’s care, their families and staff, according to Fiona Cascagnette, the vice-president of