CBT: Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program Grant

CBT: Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Columbia Basin Trust
Last Updated: October 23, 2025

Summary

The CBT Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program aims to enhance the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) workforce in the Basin by providing financial support to ECE Assistants and certified ECEs working in licensed child care facilities. This initiative encourages them to complete or upgrade their ECE qualifications, fostering a stronger educational foundation for young children. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until funding is fully allocated.

Overview

NOTE: Applications are accepted on a first-received, first-served basis and are assessed as they come in and continue until all funding for the program has been committed. You will receive an e-mail confirming approval/decline of your application approximately 15 business days following the receipt of your completed application. Our Story In the early 1990s, residents, local officials and representatives from regional districts and tribal councils joined together to successfully negotiate with the Province for a share of the Treaty revenues and to secure benefits for the people of the Basin. In July 1995, the Columbia Basin Trust Act was passed into BC Government legislation. We honour those who saw an opportunity to create this unique, regional organization that would support the efforts by the people of the Basin to create a legacy of social, economic and environmental well-being in the region most affected by the Treaty. No one could have imagined all that was possible. Thank you to those who persevered towards the idea, the dream, and participated in meetings, conversations and symposia, and to those who represented and honoured the desires of all Basin residents to create a new future through Columbia Basin Trust. Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program This program helps strengthen the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) workforce by providing a training wage to ECE Assistants (ECEAs) and certified ECEs, employed by licensed child care facilities in the Basin, to support them to complete and/or upgrade their ECE qualifications.

Eligibility

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