Related Sites
Act and Regulations
- The Community Child Care Standards Act
- Child Care Regulation (62/86)
- Child Care Worker Retirement Benefits Regulation (20/2011)
Government Links
- Manitoba Student Aid – Manitoba Student Aid provides information about eligibility and assessment for students to receive financial support for post-secondary studies.
- Early Childhood Education Site (Manitoba Education and Training) – This page provides supports to early years teachers, early childhood educators and parents. We focus on the young child, birth to age 8 since this is the most rapid period of development in human life. Through a collaborative approach, we partner with school divisions, other government departments (provincial, federal), Early Learning and Child Care, educational stakeholder groups, and parents to promote developmentally appropriate programming and services that help to prepare children for successful school entry and optimal learning in the early years.
- Nutrition in Early Learning and Child Care – Early learning and child care providers can influence children's present and future health by working closely with families and by creating a positive eating environment in their facility. This website includes resources and materials to support and guide child care providers with nutrition-related issues. Resources include the Nutrition Handbook for Early Learning and Child Care, a toll-free early learning and child care nutrition information line, healthy eating posters, child-friendly recipes, and nutrition fact sheets.
- Manitoba Child Care Search – Manitoba Child Care Search makes it easy for families to find and contact licensed early learning and child care providers. Using this tool, families can find facilities that meet their needs based on location, hours and availability. Once a facility is located that has an open space and meets required needs, families can contact them directly to to inquire about a space or to register on their waitlist.
- Manitoba ParentZone – Resources and information for Manitoba parents.
- Information for Manitobans with Disabilities – This web-based tool will help you find information on the services available for people with disabilities in Manitoba. The information is organized into user-friendly fact sheets that answer the most commonly asked service questions raised by individuals with disabilities, their families, care givers and service providers.
- Manitoba's Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Recalls and safety alerts
Partners and Community Resources
- Child Care Human Resources Sector Council – Website of the Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, an influential voice for the more than 300,000 people in Canada who work in child care. CCHRSC is dedicated to developing a confident, respected and skilled workforce valued for its contribution to early childhood care and education.
- Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA) – The Manitoba Child Care Association is a non-profit, membership-funded organization that provides services to child care facilities and individual members throughout the province, including early childhood educators, child care assistants, family child care providers, boards of directors of centres, students, advocates and professionals.
- Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development – The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development is produced by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development. It covers 33 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.
- Family Dynamics – Family Dynamics' Family and Child Care Resources provides supports to children, families and caregivers in licensed early learning and child care settings.
- La Fédération des parents du Manitoba (French only) – This site has been developed to provide resources and information tailored to the needs of parents with children in Manitoba's French schools.
- Healthy Smile Happy Child: Prevention of Early Childhood Tooth Decay (Winnipeg Health Region) – The Healthy Smile Happy Child Pilot Project is an initiative of the Manitoba Collaborative Project for the Prevention of Early Childhood Tooth Decay. This link to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's website offers a wide variety of information and tools in multiple languages for parents and child care providers about the importance of preventing early childhood tooth decay, from infancy through early childhood.
- IMPACT (Winnipeg Health Region) – The injury prevention centre of the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg.
- Population and Public Health (Winnipeg Health Region) – Population and Public Health works collaboratively with individuals, families, communities and partners to create healthy environments using health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and health protection strategies.
- Science of Early Child Development (SECD) – Are you looking for exciting tools for professional development, independent study, personal ongoing learning, post-secondary teaching, staff orientation and parent education? With engaging content and hundreds of videos from around the world, the online Science of Early Childhood Development resources are ideal for teaching and learning.