Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Commission

The Act also provides for the establishment of Parent Child Coalitions to identify needs and priorities of children and their families, enhance and develop community based programs and services, and to implement and evaluate those programs and services in collaboration with the HCM office. [...] Even so, it is generally acknowledged that a centralized wait list – with all of its shortcomings - is a much more accurate approach for determining the level of need for child care, and to determine how many parents need or want a licensed child care space for a child, the age of the child, and in what part of the province. [...] The re-design of the ELCC system in Manitoba has the potential to further strengthen and support the province’s long-standing efforts to integrate services and programs for children and their families. [...] The Commission proposes the following for consideration as terms of reference are being developed for the new Councils, and that roles and responsibilities be considered as a component for reflection in the evaluation framework: Government Is responsible for legislation, and development of broad public policy regarding the ELCC system and related programs Manages and monitors the on-line centr [...] School age programs require: A staff to child ratio of 1 to 15 for children 6-12 years A staff to child ratio of 1 to 10 for children 5-6 years 50% of staff and the director to be classified as an ECEII or ECEIII Maximum parent fees of $10.30/day for 3 periods of attendance and $20.80/day for 4-10 hours/day on in-service days and school holidays.