The Family Y childcare centre is closing its doors December 31st.
Bruce County Social Services Director Terry Sanderson says the centre has run a deficit ever since opening in April of 2006.
In fact, it amounted to 40 thousand dollars last year and was then covered by the county’s best start dollars program.
Sanderson says the ultimately, it has been decided the centre can’t get the seventeen full time kids needed to sustain revenue in order to stay open.
The centre has only ever managed to entice twelve kids, six of which received subsidy from the county.
He says they will try to help those families and others find care elsewhere.
The Board of Directors of the Owen Sound and Area Family YMCA made the decision and informed parents affected this month.
The Family Y will however, continue to provide a Before and After school program at Lucknow Central Public School.
