The lone day home in Cremona may have to close because it's on wrong side of the county line
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Stunning views of the Rocky Mountains make it easy to miss the county line as you drive along Highway 22, northwest of Calgary.
The border between two aptly named municipalities — Rocky View County and Mountain View County — is a nondescript township road, unremarkable for passing motorists but suddenly crucial for Jessica Nevins.
She runs the lone licensed day home in the village of Cremona, which happens to be in Mountain View County. The village is 11 kilometres north of Rocky View County.
And she says that quirk of geography may soon cost her $1,800 per month, due to a new regional funding formula the Government of Alberta plans to introduce on April 1.
That's because Mountain View County falls within the provincial government's new "Central" region for day-home funding, while Rocky View County, just to the south, is part of the "Calgary" region.
Falling on the north side of the line means the day home will receive significantly less in government grants than it would if it were on the south side of the line.
She said she opened the day home just over a year ago in large part because she couldn't find suitable child care for her own children, ages four and seven, in the area.
So she quit her job as an educational support worker and says her income as day-home operator roughly matches her former salary.
But the looming changes may force her to close.
"We just don't have the flexibility in our budget to take an $1,800 cut," she said.
Parents are worried, too.
Almeda Sawatzky runs a ranch near the hamlet of Bottrel, just south of the county line.
She says she was thrilled when Nevins opened the day home in Cremona last year, because it's only a 10-minute drive from her ranch and her now two-year-old son loves spending time there.
"Jessica with my youngest little boy, it's amazing," she said. "He calls her mom."
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