Advantages when using Family Child Care Homes:
Care in a family child care home environment offers many distinct advantages. Some of the benefits of family child care include:
- Children are cared for in a home environment in your community.
- Family child caregivers generally have some training. Family child caregivers who are part of a regulatory or networking program generally have better training opportunities.
- Family child care homes provide an opportunity to keep siblings together, allowing a child to grow up in their community with a consistent caregiver. This also allows care to grow with the family as the family has new children. Babies are in care with older sisters and brothers.
- Hours of care are often flexible. Weekend care, shift hours, evening care, drop in care are all available, depending on your family's needs and the caregiver's flexibility. It can be a partnership that works for everyone and the child is the WINNER.
- In a family Child Care home environment, children are often given the opportunity to associate with other children of various ages, developing confidence and important social skills.
- Some family child care homes have subsidies available. Subsidies;available vary from province to province in Canada. Please see provincial standards to determine how your province offers subsidies to families with child care needs.
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