Community Child Care Services supports social and economic development by investing in and supporting an affordable, accessible and accountable child care system benefiting children, their parents and care givers, and the broader community.
Community Child Care Services also provides financial assistance for full and part-time subsidized child care for families who qualify with children from infancy to twelve (12) years of age, thus supporting the employment, training and educational needs of parents.
Child care services is also responsible for the management of other child care services, which includes:
Community Child Care is currently governed by the Day Nurseries Act.
New Central Application Site for Child Care
The Child Care Division of the Corporation of the City of Sault Ste Marie has partnered with the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre to develop a central on-line application website for parents applying for child care. The application site at
www.saultdaycare.ca will significantly improve the process of applying for a child care space.
The easy on-line application assists parents by identifying child care options available to them based on their needs. It eliminates the need for parents to apply in person at individual child care centres. Although we still encourage parents to visit a centre that interests them, information about each centre will be available on the website. Parents will still have the option of applying in person at Community Child Care Services, 180 Brock Street or by calling 759-CARE (759-2273).
In addition to providing one point of access for parents requiring child care, a centralized application process will provide accurate data on the needs of the child care community and will help eliminate loss of revenue by reducing the time a space remains vacant. Child care operators will have more accurate and up to date information on families waiting for a space and the system will decrease the administrative time spent addressing applications and wait lists.
The new central application process supports the Best Start vision of seamless access to services for parents and children.
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