Family Day Home Program

AGENCY APPROVED FAMILY DAY HOMES

This program provides parents with a formal child care service, in a home setting where care meets specific standards of caregiver-to-child ratios, health, safety, and child development as prescribed in the Family Day Home Standards.

The program is delivered by 14 Family Day Home Agencies, who are contracted and funded by the North Central Child and Family Services Authority. The agency is responsible to recruit, train, monitor and provide support to the individual caregivers approved by them as well as to help parents find suitable childcare placements for their children. A monthly administration fee is paid to each of the contracted family day home agencies to offset the cost of providing support and training to and the approval and monitoring of family day homes.

Regional staff provides consultation and monitoring for Family Day Home agencies, through their visits to the approved family day homes and the agency administrative file reviews. Investigations will be conducted on all complaints/allegations regarding a contracted family day home agency. Joint investigations may be conducted with the family day home agency staff regarding a more critical complaint/incident occurring in an approved family day home.

AUTHORITY APPROVED FAMILY DAY HOMES

This program is available to individual providers in rural communities where there is no family day home agency contracted to provide services. Providers can apply to the North Central Alberta Child and Family Services Authority to become an Approved Family Day Home. Providers are required to maintain standards of care as prescribed in the Family Day Home Standards. Eligible families using an Authority Approved Family Day Home can access the Child Care Subsidy Program.

Contact the Regional Child Care Services at 780-645-6228 if: