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1950s Head Start program for economically and culturally disadvantaged children was established in Charlottetown. 1969 Child care centres were initiated in north-eastern rural Prince Edward Island with federal Regional Economic Expansion funding. 1971 St. Andrew’s Child Development Centre was established as a full-time child care centre. The provincial Department of Social Services was responsible for monitoring and funding. Funding arrangements were established to pay the full operating costs for six non-profit, community-based centres. 1973 The Child Care Facilities Act was enacted. 1974 The Early Childhood Development Association was established as a professional association of early childhood educators. 1977 The operating cost system was changed to a subsidy program for non-profit and for-profit programs. 1987 Implementation of direct grants to licensed child care programs. 1988 Introduction of special needs grants to child care programs enrolling children with special needs. 1993 Report of a working group set up by the Minister of Education recommended that the age of entry into kindergarten and grade 1 remain as they have been and that a standard kindergarten play-based curriculum be designed. Work of this committee was linked to the development of a common Atlantic curriculum for elementary and secondary schools. Operating grants for both centre-based and family day care programs were reduced by 9% from 1992 levels, except for infants. |
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Minor and administrative changes in child care (for example, a definition of early childhood educator, and the appeal process) are currently under consideration as are changes in the term of a centre license (from 1 year to 3 years) and extending the term of staff certification to 6 years. The introduction of a criminal record check for staff in licensed child care, and possibly, family day care homes, are also possibilities. In 1998, PEI used $600,000 from the National Child Benefit Reinvestment fund to raise subsidy eligibility levels 30% and to increase the subsidy rates. In 1998, PEI Community Services, the Attorney General, and the Department of Education formed an interdepartmental health and social services committee on children. (The Coordinator of Community Services has the lead.) They have developed four objectives:
The goal is to develop a multi-year plan for healthy child development. In addition to the four departments on the committee, other government and non-government players are being asked to develop plans within their respective areas which address the objectives and to look at ways of pooling resources to address outcomes. Tools are being developed to measure the outcomes. |
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| Key
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Early Childhood Development
Association of Prince Edward Island
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