Information for Regulated Child Care Settings

The programs and resources listed below will help you to understand the requirements and the supports available for operating and working in a regulated child care setting.

Programs

• Capable, Confident, and Curious - Nova Scotia's early Learning Curriculum Framework
  Framework guideing the practice of early childhood educators and pedagogical leaders, who work with young children, from birth to age eight.
  
  
• Directory of Licensed Child Care Facilities
  The Government of Nova Scotia licenses child care facilities throughout the province. This directory lets you search for facilities by name and/or location, and shows whether a facility currently meets its licensing requirements.
  
  
• Family Home Child Care Program
  Family home child care agencies provide professional support to in-home care providers.
  
  
• Licensee's Manual for Regulated Child Care Settings
  A resource for licensees of child care facilities and family home day care agencies.
  
  
• Quality Matters
  Quality Matters (QM) is a province-wide initiative that will be used to improve and assess quality in licensed child care centres.

Resources

• Assessing Shade in Child Care Programs
  • Zones à l'ombre dans les programmes de garde d'enfants

• FAQs - Amendments to the Day Care Act and Regulations
  • FAQs - Modifications de la Loi sur les garderies (Day Care Act) et du Règlement régissant les garderies

• Family Communications Plan
  • Plan de communication avec les familles

• Frequently Asked Questions: Records Checks for Regulated Child Care
  • Foire aux questions – Vérifications pour les services agréés de garde d’enfants

• Essential Guide for Community Boards of Directors
  • Guide essentiel pour les conseils d’administration communautaires

• Progress Report: Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development 2010 –2012 Progress Report Summary. Child Well-Being 2011 Report.
  • Report Summary: Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development 2010 –2012 Progress Report Summary. Child Well-Being 2011 Report.
  • Sommaire du rapport d’étape : Sommaire du rapport d’étape 2010–2012 en matière de développement de la petite enfance en Nouvelle-Écosse. Rapport 2011 sur le bien-être des enfants.

• Food and Nutrition Support for Regulated Child Care Settings
  • Aide à l'alimentation et à la nutrition dans les garderies réglementées

• Guidelines for Communicable Disease Prevention for Childcare Programs and Family Home Day Care Agencies
  • Directives concernant la prévention et le contrôle des maladies transmissibles dans les garderies

• Child Abuse Register
  • Reporting and Responding to Allegations of Abuse and Neglect in Regulated Early Learning and Child Care Programs - A Protocol for Early Learning and Child Care Licensees, Staff, and Care Providers (October 2024)
  • Signaler et répondre en cas d’allégations de mauvais traitements et de négligence dans les programmes agréés d’apprentissage et de garde des jeunes enfants - Protocole à l’intention des titulaires de permis, du personnel et des fournisseurs de soins en programmes d’apprentissage et de garde des jeunes enfants (Octobre 2024)

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