Finishing touches for child care centre
Cariboo Press - Revelstoke Times Review
29 Aug 2007
Opinion

The Revelstoke Child Care Society is completing the finishing touches on a second Licensed Group Child Care Center located at Stepping Stones Child Care Center in the Farwell Building!

The Child Care Society has a very proactive Board who recognize that an increase in child care spaces was required in our community. We can't wait for the Federal and Provincial governments to make quality accessible child care a priority. We are focusing on a local, "Made in Revelstoke" solution and opening an additional 20 Licensed Group child care spaces. Stepping Stones will also be providing parents with after Kindergarten pickup…...

This expansion is funded through the Child Care Society's reserve funds, a grant from the School District's Early Learning funding and building improvements from the School District as our landlord. There is currently a freeze on Provincial funding for Child Care Capital Expansion so these spaces are being created with no provincial child care funds as none are available! It may be years before these dollars are available and we need the spaces now.

The Child Care Resource and Referral has also been working with School District #19 who are adding a Licensed Preschool for 20 children at the Strong Start Center. In addition, there are three new Family Child Care Providers in the process of becoming Licensed and one who has just received her license totalling eight licensed family providers in the near future. Licensed Family Child Care can care for up to seven children. There are also eight CCRR Registered Licensed Not Required who care for two children in addition to their own.

This is a very exciting time for Child Care in our community! Quality, accessible child care is the foundation to a healthy economy, a healthy community and quality early learning. …