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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in the Northwest Territories
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 NT

Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly. The Northwest Territories Child Day Care Act and the Child Day Care Standards and Regulations 1988.

 
Provincial official responsible for child care NT
Ellie Elliot
Director, Early Childhood and School Services
Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Government of the Northwest Territories
Lahm Ridge Tower, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2L9
Telephone: (867) 920-3491
Facsimile: (867) 873-0109

 
Child care services NT

UNREGULATED CHILD CARE
Maximum number of children permitted 4

Figure includes the caregiver's own children up to 12 years.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Day care centres    Group care, instruction and supervision for five or more children aged 0-12 years by a person who is not a relative of the majority of the children.

Nursery schools    Programs for children less than 6 years of age for 4 consecutive hours or less a day.

After-school care    Care outside school hours for school-aged children up to and including 11 years of age, not exceeding 5 hours outside the required school program.

There are no licensed after-school care programs that operate during the summer months.

Family day homes    Care in a private home for up to eight children under 12 years (including the caregiver's own children).

 
Children with special needs NT

There are no segregated child care programs for children with special needs.

Care providers are funded to provide extra support, and parents are eligible for fee assistance for their children with special needs even if they are not employed or at school. This subsidy eligibility requires a financial needs assessment to be applied and parents must have a medical referral from a recognized health care official for the child to be in developmental care.

 
Aboriginal child care NT

The Northwest Territories funds and licenses on-reserve child care.

There are presently five licensed child care centres/day homes in five Inuit communities; 29 licensed child care centres/day homes in 19 Dene communities; and 24 licensed child care centres/day homes operating in Yellowknife.

The First Nations/Inuit Child Care Initiative targetted a growth of 155 additional First Nations spaces and 414 Inuit spaces by 1998. The development of these spaces is a separate activity from the First Nations/Inuvialuit programs in which the territorial government regulates and funds.

 
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