COVID-19 Update
Emergency child care services are available for employees at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Public Health, and long-term care facilities at no cost to parents through an emergency child care plan for provincially identified essential workforces.
There are 114 spaces available at Ministry approved licenced child care agencies for children from infants to 12 years old. To be eligible, the family must have no other option for child care.
Children's Services is committed to providing services that:
- Foster early learning and child development
- Support children being cared for in a safe, nurturing environment
- Support the inclusion of children with special needs in licensed child care
- Enable parents to work or undertake training or education leading to employment
- Provide linkages to other support services
We do this by:
- Supporting families who need help with the daily cost of child care
- Offering support services for children in licensed child care
- Offering EarlyON programs
- Partnering with licensed child care centres in the community and Municipal Child Care Centres
- Offering funding opportunities to licensed child care agencies
- Professional and community planning
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