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Provides financial assistance towards the cost of licensed child care or licensed private home child care services for parents or legal guardians

Note: Ontario Works recipients may be able to get other benefits and subsidies to help for child care

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Provides licensed child care services for infants up to 12 years of age, including home child care services

Offers child care at the following locations:

• Alliance
• Chippewa
• ET Carmichael
• EW Norman
• Mother St Bride
• Our Lady of Fatima
• St Francis
• Vincent Massey
• Woodland

Daycare licensed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services

• licensed to accommodate 111 children

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Offers field trips and community outings
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs (including Native language) with the daily community based programming
• Publishes a monthly newsletter for parents

Offers full day and part-time programs for:

• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Operates a child care centre that offers a range of services for children including:

• Full and part-time day care
• Before and after school care
• School breaks, PD Days and Summer Mini Camps
• Drop-in program

Provides full day child care, preschool programming and extended day learning.

Offers before and/or after school program and on non-instructional days (PD Days, March Break, Holiday and Summer Club Camps)

French language licensed child care centre.

Offers full and/or half-day child care programs for toddler and preschool aged children. Registered Early Childhood Educators are inspired by 'How Does Learning Happen?' Ontario's Pedagogy for the Early Years and Emergent Curriculum. Centre supports the Ministry of Education's vision that children are competent, capable of complex thinking, curious, and rich in potential.

Provides a safe, secure, healthy and enriching environment for preschool children.

Offers an environment of inclusion where children and their families are supported. Inclusion promotes belonging, engagement, well-being and expression for everyone.

Fairview Early Learning and Child Care Centre is licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act by the Ministry of Education.

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Offers field trips and community outings
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs (including Native language) with the daily community based programming
• Publishes a monthly newsletter for parents

Offers full day and part-time programs for:

• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Provides after school child care

Offers full day child care

Quality care in a home setting through a variety of daily experiences and the guidance of approved child care providers and trained home visitors. Children are provided with a stimulating and nurturing atmosphere. Training, resources and support are continuously available to the provider. Flexible care convenient to their home location and work schedule is provided to the families.

Home Child Care is licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act by the Ministry of Education.

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Offers full and/or half-day child care programs for toddler and preschool aged children. Registered Early Childhood Educators are inspired by 'How Does Learning Happen?' Ontario's Pedagogy for the Early Years and Emergent Curriculum. Supports the Ministry of Education's vision that children are competent, capable of complex thinking, curious, and rich in potential.

Provides a safe, secure, healthy and enriching environment for preschool children.

Offers an environment of inclusion where children and their families are supported. Inclusion promotes belonging, engagement, well-being and expression for everyone.

Highlands Early Learning and Child Care Centre is licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act by the Ministry of Education.

Operates on-reserve licensed daycare and Aboriginal Head Start programs to prepare young children for school years

• Provides childcare for families
• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Offers activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast and circle time
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

Offers daily programs focused on:

• Education
• Health and nutrition
• Native culture and language
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Preschoolers
• Primary/Junior School aged children

• Operates a licensed daycare centre
• Offers age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, story time and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning/afternoon snacks based on hours of attendance

Childcare options and age groups provided are listed in each individual Site and can include:

• Full day
• Half day
• Before school
• After school
• Before and after school
• Extended day (over 9 hours)

For the following age groups:

• Infant
• Toddler
• Preschool
• School aged