The City of Brantford and The County of Brant are pleased to offer OneList, an online centralized child care registry and information service that simplifies the process of applying for child care. Applying for child care or getting on a waiting list is easier than ever. The safe, fast, and convenient waitlist. Visit BrantfordBrantOneList.ca to register.
Child Care Subsidy
Child care subsidy provides financial assistance toward the cost of child care in licensed programs. To see if you are eligible for financial assistance with your child care costs and if you reside in Brant contact:
Child Care Services
220 Clarence Street, Brantford, ON N3R 3T5
Phone: 519-756-3150
Fax: 519-756-2932
Email: childcareservices@brantford.ca
Website: http://www.brantford.ca/residents/support_services/child_care/
The Ministry’s Enforcement Unit follows up on all complaints regarding unlicensed care. If you have concerns that the private school is enrolling children younger than JK/SK, or any other concerns, please forward this information directly to the Enforcement Team for investigation: UCCV@ontario.ca or call 1-844-516-6263.
(Click on the photo to view the video.)
“Quality child care in focus: What parents should look for” is a video designed for parents of young children in Canada. Filmed in a number of community-based non-profit and public child care centres, it “shows and tells” about the elements of good quality centre-based child care that parents should look for, beginning with the basics – regulation, health and safety, as well as the physical environment, programming, staffing, relationship with parents, and public management and public funding.
The video can be viewed in its entirety or in short topical segments.
Available in English and French, as well as ASL and LSQ.
Produced by the Childcare Resource and Research Unit for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
20:37min, colour, February, 2013.
Click on icon for steps in finding Quality Child Care, Child Care Options, Age Groups, Tips and a Screening Tool.
Licensed Child Care Centres
A detailed Child Care Directory of Licensed Child Care Centres and Licensed Home Child Care Agencies in the Brantford and The County of Brant is available at the Ontario Early Years Centre: Brant.
For information on a child care centre near you, call 1-855-241-5600 (provided by the Ministry of Education) or visit the website at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/finding.html
The following website provides a tool which may be accessed by supervisors, educators, program staff, parents and anyone who is interested in learning more about licensed child care.
Test your knowledge and understanding of provincial licensing requirements for child care centres by taking the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 Licensing Standards Self-Test. The self-test can be accessed by child care supervisors and operators through the Child Care Licensing System or by child care staff and the general public through this website.
http://www.earlyyears.edu.gov.on.ca/EYPortal/en/ChildCareLicensing/CCEYASelfTest/index.htm
Home Child Care Providers (Licensed and Unlicensed)
The Ontario Early Years Centre: Brant offers a variety of supports and services:
- Toy Lending Resource Library (Membership Required)
- Equipment Room (Membership Required)
- Professional Development
- Annual CHANGE Early Learning and Child Care Conference
- Quiet Times Newsletter
For more information on regulations regarding child care please visit the Ministry of Education website http://www.ontario.ca/page/types-child-care
Fostering Brant’s Growth in Early Learning
Fostering Brant’s Growth in Early Learning was a NEW quality initiative in Brant in 2015.
Congratulations to the 2017 providers of child care, early learning and parenting programs, home child care agencies and special needs resource that participated in this reflective process of program practise review. They will proudly display a window cling to indicate their voluntary participation in this process. We look forward to working together in 2018. For more information on how to Fostering Brant’s Growth call 519-759-3833.
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