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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998

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


Saskatchewan. Legislative Assembly. The Child Care Act. Bill 8, 1990.

Saskatchewan. Legislative Assembly. Child Care Regulations. 1990.

 
Provincial official responsible for child care SK

Deborah Bryck, Director
Department of Social Services
Child Day Care Division
1920 Broad Street
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3V6
Telephone: (306) 787-3855
Facsimile: (306) 787-2134

 
Child care services SK


UNREGULATED CHILD CARE
Maximum number of children permitted 8

Figure includes the caregiver's own children under 13 years. Of the eight, five may be younger than 6 years; of these five, only two may be younger than 30 months.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Child day care centres   Child day care centres provide care to children in group settings. Centres must have a license  from the Child Day Care Division and may care for up to 90 children from 6 weeks to and including 12 years. Child day care centres include non-profit services (day care centres) which are governed by a parent board of directors and for-profit services (child care centres) which have parent advisory committees.

Part-time community-driven preschools and play-groups that operate less than 3 hours per day are not licensed.

School-age child care    School-age child care is care outside of school hours for children up to and including 12 years of age in a mixed-age centre, family child care home or in a program solely for school-age children.

Family child care homes    Family child care homes are operated by individuals in their principal place of residence. Whether licensed or not, a person providing services may care for up to eight children depending on the children's ages (five children younger than 6 years, of these five, only two may be younger than 30 months).

 
Children with special needs SK

The Child Development Program provides support to families, child care facilities and family day care homes to include children with varying abilities in child care programs. Monthly supervision grants of between $200 and $300/month/child are available to offset the costs of inclusion and equipment grants of $600/year are also available for the purchase of specialized equipment. Funding is available to licensed family child care homes and non-profit child day care centres incorporated under The Non-profit Corporation Act or The Co-operatives Act.

 
Aboriginal child care SK

Saskatchewan does not licensed child care programs on-reserve.

The First Nations/Inuit Child Care Initiative has resulted in the development of approximately 45 on-reserve child care centres.

Approximately 15% of all licensed child care programs not on-reserve have a strong aboriginal program component.

 
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