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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
Administration NF

The Department of Social Services establishes standards and allocates public funds on behalf of eligible families.The Day Care and Homemaker Services Licensing Board (which has ceased to exist with the new Child Care Services Act) made decisions about opening centres, issued and monitored licenses and approved staff to work in child care programs. Responsibility for licensing now occurs on a regional basis and will be the responsibility of the Health and Community Services Boards.

 
Municipal role NF 
There is no legislated municipal role.

 

  
Child care planning and development NF

The child care program expenditures of the Department of Social Services was frozen in 1993 and its human resources capacity to meet demands of the services was scaled back. Planning for future development was significant in 1997-98, with the intent to go forward expanding child care programs including licensed family child care and licensed infant care in centres.

 
Related services NF


KINDERGARTEN (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION)

Enrollment 1996-97 6,836
Average annual expenditure per student k-gr.12 (1996) $5,477

Over the last 2 years, the province has undertaken major educational reforms. The system moved from a denominational system of 27 school boards to an interdenominational system of 10 school boards. However, school boards may still have denominational committees representing seven religious denominations who were granted rights under "Term 17" which allows for religious education in schools.

COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN - CAPC
(HEALTH CANADA) (1998)
Total number of CAPC projects 9
Number of projects defined by CAPC as child development/preschool programs 9

All CAPC programs in Newfoundland are delivered through family resource centres.

ABORIGINAL HEAD START (HEALTH CANADA) (1998)

Number of programs off-reserve 2

In 1998, Aboriginal Head Start was expanded to include services for on-reserve as well as off-reserve communities.

OTHER

In August 1998, People, Partners and Prosperity, the province's strategic social plan, was released. It set out a framework for social action in an effort to achieve social and economic prosperity and contains three overall strategic directions:

  • building on community and regional strengths;

  • integrating social and economic development; and

  • investing in people.

One objective of the social development plan is to reduce social and health problems through community prevention and early intervention initiatives, including early childhood enrichment, such as parent development programs, resource centres and links to the school system. Changes occurring in the child care system are linked to this strategic plan.

 
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