August 14, 2014 — Windsor, ON — Today, Costas Menegakis, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister, attended the grand opening of a Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) centre and announced an investment of more than $2 million for settlement services.
The new CNC centre will provide newcomer parents with child care services while they take advantage of settlement programs.
Located at Windsor's Unemployed Help Centre, CNC provides onsite child care for newcomers who want to take advantage of long-term settlement services, such as language training or to access child care for brief periods, in order to attend appointments or participate in short-term settlement programming. The settlement services ensure newcomers are able to contribute to the Canadian economy more quickly and achieve success in the labour market.
The Unemployed Help Centre is a non-profit charitable organization that provides various programs and services, such as employment, educational and career counselling in the Windsor and Essex County areas.
Alexis Pavlich
Minister's Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-954-1064
Media Relations
Communications Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-952-1650
CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca
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