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Early childhood care and education in Newfoundland and Labrador
Planning and development Provincial context Legislation History Related services Planning and development Standards and regulations Space statistics Provincial context Child care services Provincial official responsible for child care Legislation Recent developments History Standards and regulations Children with special needs Child care services Key provincial organizations Recent developments Municipal role Administration Funding Standards and regulations Aboriginal child care Children with special needs
Legislation

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Newfoundland. House of Assembly. The Day Care and Homemaker Services Act. RSN 1990, CD-2 and Newfoundland Regulation 219/82 as amended to O.C. 979/82.

Newfoundland. House of Assembly. Newfoundland Regulation 63/93 as amended to O.C. 93-339, Section 28.

Newfoundland. House of Assembly. Child Care Services Act. Newfoundland. House of Assembly. Child Care Regulations.

 
Provincial official responsible for child care NF
Marilyn McCormack
Manager
Child, Youth and Family Programs
Department of Health and Community Services
Confederation Building, West Block
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4J6
Telephone: (709) 729-6721
Facsimile: (709) 729-6382

 
Child care services NF

UNREGULATED CHILD CARE

Maximum number of children permitted   4
Figure includes the caregiver’s own children under 7 years.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Day care centres Centre-based care for no more than 13 hours/day (usual hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; extended hours: 6:30 a.m. - 8:15 p.m.) for five or more children from 2-12 years; may be full- or part-day. Overnight care not permitted.

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

At the time of data collection, Newfoundland did not offer regulated child care for infants or regulated family day care (See RECENT DEVELOPMENTS).

 
Children with special needs NF
Newfoundland does not have a written policy regarding children with special needs. One regulated centre works exclusively with children at environmental risk and their families, serving approximately 50 children at a time, some full-time and some part-time. Fee subsidies for children with special needs integrated into child care centres may be available from government divisions other than Family and Rehabilitative Services. There are no special training requirements for staff working with children with special needs.

 
Aboriginal child care NF
In January 1998, the first on-reserve child care centre was licensed for the Miawpukek First Nation at Conne River. It was the choice of Conne River Health and Social Services to apply for a provincial license and comply with provincial regulations. Under the First Nations/Inuit Child Care Initiative and Aboriginal Head Start, work is being carried out with the expectation that there will be three or four licensed child care centres for Goose Bay, and the northern coast of Labrador. There is one licensed child care program in the Inuit community of Nain.
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