Child Care Program
Saskatchewan's Child Care Program supports families and communities by
promoting high-quality care for children. High-quality child care means
a safe and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional
and cognitive development of children in partnership with parents and
communities.
The goals of the Child Care Program are to:
- promote the healthy growth and development of children and support
the provisions of child care services to Saskatchewan families;
- ensure families have access to reliable child care resources that
provide a healthy, safe and nurturing environment for children; and
- provide increased and more flexible range of high-quality child care
options for all families.
Governing Legislation
The Child Care Program is developed and delivered in accordance with
Role of the Child Care Program
- Licenses and monitors child care centre and family child care homes
to establish/ensure a minimum standard in licensed child care facilities;
- provides grants to assist with the costs of developing or operating
non-profit child care services;
- investigates complaints of over-enrollment in unlicensed child care
operations to ensure children are protected from the risk associated
with too many children and too few caregivers;
- provides financial assistance to low-income families to assist with
the costs of licensed child care;
- promotes the inclusion of children and families with diverse needs
within each child care service;
- provides information, education and consultative supports to individuals
and communities to assist in identifying or developing services appropriate
to their needs;
- coordinates service delivery and promotes integration of services
for children and families; and
provides current listings of child care homes and centres in communities
across the province.
For more information about child care in Saskatchewan, please contact
the Early Learning and Child Care Branch office nearest you:
Regina - 787-4980
Saskatoon - 933-6071
Prince Albert - 953-3612
Moose Jaw - 694-3644
Weyburn - 848-2497
Yorkton - 786-5770
Meadow Lake - 236-7692
Swift Current - 778-8531
Melfort - 752-6164
or contact the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Association - www.skearlychildhoodassociation.ca/
The following brochures are available from the Early Learning and Child
Care Branch:
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