About
the Manitoba Child Care Program
The
Manitoba Child Care Program oversees the operation of child
care in the province. The Program is committed to accessible,
high-quality child care for children from 12 weeks to 12 years
of age and offers a number of valuable services.
What
we do
The
Manitoba Child Care Program:
- licenses
and monitors child care centres and family child care homes
according to The
Community Child Care Standards Act and
Regulations
;
- provides
grants and program assistance to eligible child care facilities;
- works
to place children with special needs into child care settings
through the Children with Disabilities Program;
- classifies
all child care assistants and early childhood educators
who work in licensed child care centres;
- assigns
a child care coordinator and subsidy advisor to work with
each licensed facility; and
- provides
child care subsidies to eligible families to help with the
cost of care through the Subsidy Program
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