Professional Organizations & Associations
VCH Community Care Facilities Licensing
A Community Care Facilities Licensce is required for all programs and facilities providing care to three or more children who are not related to the operator by blood or marriage.
The different types of licensed child care programs include:
- Group Child Care (under 36 months)
- Group Child Care (30 months to school age)
- Preschool (30 months to school age): Up to 4 hours of care per day to children who are at least 30 months old on entrance to the program and 36 months old by December 31 of the year of entrance.
- Group Child Care (school age): Care before or after school or during periods of school closure to children who attend school, including kindergarten.
- Multi-Age Child Care: Care to 8 children of various ages.
- Family Child Care: Care for up to 7 children in the licensee’s personal home and where the licensee personally provides the care.
- In-Home Multi-Age Care: Care for up to 8 children in the licensee’s personal home and where the licensee personally provides the care.
- Occasional Child Care: No more than 40 hours in a month to children who are at least 18 months old.
The Mount Pleasant Family Centre is a resource drop-in centre for families with young children (ages 0-5) to make new friends, learn new skills and receive support in times of need. We offer a friendly, informal ‘home away from home’ which brings out the best in children and their caregivers.
Westcoast Family Resources Society
Westcoast Family Resources Society is a community-based Lower Mainland non-profit society offering programs to children and families experiencing difficulties, to children at risk and to individuals looking to improve their parenting skills. The Society delivers child-centered, family focused programs, respecting the dignity and integrity of all family members.
To promote understanding, acceptance, and full community inclusion for people with autism in British Columbia while providing support for the realization of the rights and informed choices of individuals with autism and their families
Infant Development Program of BC
The Infant Development Program serves children from birth to three years old, who are at risk for, or who already have a delay in development
PACE offers a range of services to support families with young children who struggle with significant emotional and/or behavioural challenges. These services include outreach support to childcare centres; an intensive family program; therapy for children; support for families when children transition from foster care to another home, and training in the community.
Childminding Monitoring Advisory and Support
CMAS is committed to being a leader in the care of newcomer children through ongoing support and promotion of high quality newcomer child care services.
Canadian Childcare Confederation
Our organization is about the value of children. We value children. In order to protect and enhance our children, to promote their safety and their healthy growth and development, we are committed to providing Canadians with the very best in early learning and child care knowledge and best practices.
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) is a policy and research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood education and child care (ECEC) and family policy in Canada and internationally.
National Network for Childcare
NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation’s leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Our goal is to share knowledge about children and child care from the vast resources of the landgrant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public. We network with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children.
Early Childhood Educators of BC
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) has been advancing early childhood education and care since 1969. We educate early childhood educators and the broader community about the importance of early childhood education and care. We provide professional development opportunities to early childhood educators across the province.
Ministry of Children and Family Development – Child Care
The government of British Columbia partners with child care providers to create and support a sustainable child care system in which families can choose from a range of affordable, safe, quality child care options that meet diverse needs.
Childcare Advocacy Association of BC
The Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC) is dedicated to working together for the right of all children to access a publicly funded, inclusive, quality, non-profit child care system. Our organization is non-profit, membership-based and regionally representative
The Aboriginal Childcare Society
The BC Aboriginal Child Care Society is a non-profit charitable society. We are a provincial organization serving Aboriginal early childhood programs throughout British Columbia.
At the end of 2009, the BC Child Care Advocacy Forum honoured and celebrated a decade of working together to advance a progressive child care vision and agenda. 2009 was our final year of funding from the Vancouver Foundation. We would like to bring closure to our work, celebrate an important era in BC child care advocacy and put our on-going commitment to advocacy to work where it can continue to make a difference.
Childcare Resource and Referral Services
BC Child Care Resource & Referral Programs offer quality child care referrals, resources and support to all child care providers and parents in over 400 communities across the Province of British Columbia.
Coalition of Chilcare Advocates
A voluntary organization of interested citizens – parents, child care providers, community organizations, and unions.
First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition is a cross-sectoral, non-partisan coalition. Our coalition is made up of 90 provincial organizations and 25 mobilized communities. In addition, we have a network of hundreds of community groups and individuals. Also, visit the Child and Youth Advocate blog resource page.
Human Early Learning Partnership
HELP is the focal point for early child development research in British Columbia.
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre provides information, referrals, training and resources to families, individuals and organizations who are seeking the best care and early learning for children.
Family Child Care Association of BC
BC Family Child Care Association goal is to promote and create awareness of professionalism in family child care through education and advocacy.
The parent-child relationship is the most powerful influence on children’s development.
Children in Scotland is the national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organizations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland.
Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners” – Karen Nemeth, Ed.M.
CLASP seeks to improve the lives of low-income people.
AMSSA Newcomer Children Information Exchange
The AMSSA Newcomer Children Information Exchange (ANCIE) is a website created to provide information and resources for British Columbian service providers, educators, policy makers and the general public on newcomer children – kids aged 0-12 from immigrant, refugee, and/or temporary resident families.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and Help – Findings on Early Childhood Development of Refugees and Immigrants
Research explores barries faced by immigrant and refugee families in need of Early Childhood Development (ECD) services.
Resources for Infant Educarers
Resources for Infant Educarers: Approach encourages infants an adults to trust each other, learn to problem solve, and embrace their ability for self-discovery. When allowed to unfold in their own way and in their own time, children discover and inspire the best in themselves and in others.
Early Development Instrument (EDI)
The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is an early child development questionnaire developed by Drs. Dan Offord and Magdalena Janus at the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University.
Infant and Toddler Resources
