The Home Childcare program offers community-based, professionally supervised service for children aged 3 months to 11 years. Currently 100 children are cared for in safety-checked homes of fully screened providers in the Nepean/Ottawa area.

Home Childcare Consultants, qualified in Early Childhood Education, make monthly unscheduled visits to each home to offer training and support. This includes equipment, toys and craft supplies.

Other services include workshops, playgroups and alternate care.

The program which is licensed under the Day Nurseries Act of Ontario which sets standards for health, safety and child caring practices.

Licensed Home Childcare is offered to children under 10 years of age in an approved home setting. This childcare is supervised by an agency who is licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services under the Day Nurseries Act.

	Limited number of children in each home
	Convenient location in your community
	Flexible hours/days of care
	Compliance with Municipal fire, health and by-law regulation
	Caregivers carefully selected to meet the needs of children and families.

Caregivers receive ongoing support, training and resources.

The Childcare Consultant is the effective liaison between the parents and the home childcare provider. It is the Childcare Consultant’s job to see that the childcare arrangement meets the needs of everyone involved. Childcare Consultants are qualified professional who regularly monitor providers’ homes.

The Home Childcare Provider is a loving, caring, nurturing person who helps children and infants to realize their full potential through childcare in a family atmosphere.

Often, the home is located within or close to the child¹s own neighbourhood environment or situated near the parent¹s work place.

A quality, age appropriate program, complete with educational toys and materials, complements an enriched learning environment in each provider’s home. Outings to agency-run playgroup, libraries as well as local parks in the community heighten the children’s awareness of their neighbourhood.

To enhance their training and skills, providers attend regular workshops and seminars which include:

	First Aid
	Safety
	Nutrition
	Program Planning

There are numerous personal and professional rewards to begin self employed and providing home childcare through a licensed home childcare agency.