Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Funding for local child care groups announced

The Kenora District Services Board has approved funding under the National Child Benefit program.

A number of groups in the region will be getting funding under the program.

The Minto Resource Center has been promised 15 thousand dollars, while Triple Play will  receive 36 hundred dollars to help kids from low-income families play sports and participate in other social events.

The Services Board is leaving 50 thousand available for its Ontario Works Backpack program.