Excerpts from the press release:

Child care providers throughout the province are encouraged to apply for a total of $14.8 million in major capital funding to create new licensed child care spaces for B.C. kids.

Starting today, non-profit child care providers can apply for up to $500,000, while private child care organizations can apply for up to $250,000. Funding can be used to:

• Build a new child care facility, including the cost of buying land or a building.
• Assemble a modular building and develop a site.
• Renovate an existing building.
• Buy eligible equipment (including playground equipment) and furnishings to support new child-care spaces in an existing facility.