Advantages to family child care homes.

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.