Child care available for Windsor's emergency support workers

The City of Windsor wants emergency support workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic to know there is child care available to them should they need it.

There are licensed home child care agenciesthat are currently open and have space available, according to a press release from the city.

Theseagencies are taking registrations for child care across Windsor-Essex:

• Wee Watch: 519-776-9797
• Great Beginnings: 519-984-8928
• Windsor East: 226-526-4474

The city said they are polling emergency support workers to assess their needs, in case the province decides to close these licensed home child care agencies. Right now, the agencies are allowed to remainopen.

Those that may work in the healthcare sector and other frontline workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, firefighters, police and correctional officers, can all fill out the city's surveyto gauge child care requirementsacross Windsor-Essex.

The needs addressed in this survey will be collected to identify if any emergency childcare centres are needed in our community, whichis being done in each area of the province.

You can fill out the survey here:Emergency Support Workers Child Care Survey

Should emergency childcare centres be approved to open, a list of locations will be made available onwww.citywindsor.ca.