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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Nova Scotia
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 NS

Nova Scotia. Legislative Assembly. Day Care Act and Regulations. Chapter 120, of the Revised Statutes, 1989. R.S., c. 120, s. 1

 
Provincial official responsible for child care NS
Virginia O'Connell
Director
Child Care and Early Intervention Services
Department of Community Services
P.O. Box 696
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T7
Telephone: (902) 424-5499
Facsimile: (902) 424-0708

 
Child care services NS

UNREGULATED CHILD CARE
Maximum number of children permitted  6

Six children who may be of mixed-age groups including the caregiver's own preschool children. If all children are school-age, including the caregiver's own, eight children are permitted.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Child care centres  Care in a group setting for less than 24 hours/day for seven or more children from 0-12 years. This includes: full-day child care centres, preschools, nursery schools, parent co-operatives, child development centres (half-day program, 2 to 3 days/week) and programs for school-age children.

Family day care homes Care in a private home for up to six children of mixed ages, including the provider's own children, or eight school-age children, including the provider's own school-age children.

 
Children with special needs NS

There is no written policy on children with special needs. In Nova Scotia, registered child care centres may receive additional funding of up to $23.97 a day per child if they enroll children with special needs; parents using these services are not income tested for that additional funding. Specialized services may enroll 50% children with special needs together with 50% typical children. One segregated full-time program operates for children with behavioural problems. From 1993-1996, 10% of new subsidies were allocated for children with special needs.

 
Aboriginal child care NS

Nova Scotia is not involved in on-reserve child care through licensing or funding. Development of on-reserve child care as part of the First Nations/Inuit Child Care Initiative is the responsibility of the Tri-Partite Committee.

 
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