BC has a child care plan! This document has recently appeared on the Provincial Government's Child Care Branch Website. Within the document it references "this plan" so I guess it means that BC now has a child care plan!! Wow! I cannot think for how many years child care advocates have been asking for some sort of strategy or child care plan for BC. Funny, that we should suddenly get one now…just months before the next Provincial election. I wonder why it has taken so long for MCFD to put their child care plan in writing??? Usually a plan is set out at the beginning of a journey…..hmmm….kind of makes me wonder what the true intent is of this document??
Child Care in British Columbia outlines the goals the Province has set forth and the co-ordinated steps taken to strengthen child care services and supports for children and to build capacity in the child care sector while improving options available to families. This plan, which outlines key goals, accomplishments and commitments, also recognizes that Aboriginal communities have an interest in developing culturally specific child care plans to meet the needs of their children, families and communities.
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