| Alberta Child Care Subsidy |
Eligible families can apply for child care subsidies if they have children age 0 to Grade 6
enrolled in a:
- licensed facility-based program (daycare, out-of-school care and preschool)
- family day home program overseen by a licensed family day home agency
- group family child care centre
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| Alberta Early Learning & Childcare Centers |
Child care is an essential part of Alberta’s economy. When parents and caregivers go to work
or school, they need to know their children are safe and have the resources they need to
grow and thrive. |
| FLIGHT:
Alberta's Early Learning and Care Network |
Flight is a curriculum framework intended to guide the significant work of early learning
and child care educators with young children (ages 0 – before 6 years) and their families in
centre-based child care and family day home settings. |
| Association of Early
Childhood Educators of Alberta |
The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA) is a non-profit member-based
society that advocates for higher educational standards, wages, system support, and better
working conditions for those in the early childhood education landscape. |
| Alberta
Health Services |
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest
provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more
than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of
other provinces and territories. |
| Canadian Child Care
Federation |
The Canadian Child Care Federation believes that high quality child care is everyone's
responsibility, and makes for a better Canada. Well educated child care professionals are
motivated to deliver quality early learning and child care with passion. |
| Alberta Family Wellness |
The Resilience Scale is a proven tool for helping audiences understand how resilience is
built and maintained. A new international initiative shows its promise as a tool for
coordinating care and measuring progress. |
| Institute of Child Psychology |
ICP was founded to educate parents and professionals on issues pertaining to children’s
mental health, and to promote the psychological and emotional well-being of children and
adolescents. |
| Canadian Paediatric
Society |
The Canadian Paediatric Society is the national association of paediatricians, committed to
working together to advance the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in
health care, advocacy, education, research and support of its membership. |
| Calgary Immigrant
Women's Association |
CIWA (Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association) supports immigrant and refugee women, girls and
their families. We have more than 50 programs that can support you with settlement needs,
language and employment training, family matters and much more. |
| Family Day Home Standards Manual |
Family day home programs are one of the child care options available to parents and
caregivers in Alberta. Under section 18
of the Early Learning and Child Care Act, family day home educators can provide child care
to a maximum of six children aged
0-12 years old (or 13 or 14 years of age who, because of a special need, require child
care), not including their own children,
in their own private residences. |
| Alberta child care affordability grant funding guide |
This document is a reference guide for the Affordability Grant provided under the
Alberta-Canada Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. It outlines the eligibility, rates,
and process for accessing the Affordability Grant for licensed daycares, out-of-school care
programs, preschools, family day home agencies, and group family care in Alberta. |