Making the connections

This central finding is highlighted by the fact that of the 13 jurisdictions reviewed, 8 are missing reports for one or more of the required years so the public cannot track all of the federal transfers and total investments in child care services. [...] Ultimately, the project goal is to build the capacity of the child care community, provincial and territorial governments, and other interested parties including communities, to better understand and comment on the implications of the development of early Learning and Child Care (eLCC) policy investments … In addition … the project will strive to improve understanding of the process surrounding th [...] The figures are totalled and summarized in Appendix I to support the public in tracking the changes in investments from the baseline year to present (2000/01 to 2005/06). [...] CHILD CARe ADvOCACy ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 11 Relevant guidelines are outlined in the PSAB’s September 2006 Statement of Recommended Practice, Public Performance Reporting (SORP-2) and in its “Guide to Preparing Public Performance Reports.” The latter document helpfully explains for both governments and the public the features of public performance reports that suggest if the recommended practices [...] For example, governments agreed “to further invest in provincially/territorially regulated early learning and child care programs for children under six.” They agreed to “publicly recognize and explain the respective roles and contributions of governments to this initiative” and to use the federal transfers to improve “access to affordable, quality early learning and child care programs and servic