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Early childhood care and education in New Brunswick
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Legislation NB

New Brunswick. Legislative Assembly. Family Services Act. 1980.

New Brunswick. Legislative Assembly. Family Services Act and Day Care Regulations, 83-85, as amended.

 
Provincial official responsible for child care NB

Diane Lutes
Provincial Day Care Services Consultant
Office for Family and Prevention Services
Department of Health and Community Services
P.O. Box 5100
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5G8
Telephone: (506) 869-6878
Facsimile: (506) 856-3312

 
Child care services NB

UNREGULATED CHILD CARE

Maximum number of children of mixed ages, 0-12 permitted   5
Maximum if all are 2-4 years 4
Maximum if all are school-age 8

No more than two infants are allowed. Figure includes the caregiver’s own children under 12 years. Nursery schools are only licensed upon request or complaint.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Day care centres  Part-time or full-time care for less than 24 hours/day for four or more infants; six or more preschoolers; 10 or more children 6-12 years; or seven or more children from birth to 12 years.

School-age child care centres  Centre-based care outside school hours for school-age children up to 12 years.

Community day care homes  Care in a private home for no more than three children under 2 years, or five children aged 2-5 years, or nine children aged 6 years and over, or six children of a combination of ages from birth to 12 years, including the caregiver's own children under 12 years.

 
Children with special needs NB

The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) is a province-wide integrated service delivery for prevention-focused childhood services, for “priority preschool” children and their families. (“Priority preschool” children include children from the prenatal stage to 5 years whose development is at risk due to physical, intellectual or environmental factors). The Integrated Day Care Services Program (IDCSP) is one of seven components. ECI is coordinated via regional public health nurses. The goal of IDCSP is full participation of priority children in developmentally appropriate child care and improved child outcomes. Facilities providing services to children may receive an average of $3,000/year/child. There are no training requirements for staff in IDCSP.

 
Aboriginal child care NS

New Brunswick does not license child care centres on-reserve. There are two on-reserve centres and an additional three centres are in the development stages under the First Nations/Inuit Child Care Initiative.

Some Head Start programs receive funding through an agreement between the First Nations of New Brunswick, the federal departments of Health and Community Services and Indian and Northern Development. (Note: These programs are not part of the Health Canada Aboriginal Head Start Program.) There are no federally sponsored Aboriginal Head Start Programs in New Brunswick.

 
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