Our Goals:
~To provide assistance and guidance to anyone seeking information on
child care and parenting issues.
~To promote and encourage the right to a safe, healthy and nurturing
environment for children of the Greater Trail and Castlegar Areas.
~To support Caregivers and Parents in their roles.
Who can use this service?
Anyone seeking child care referrals or information on child care.
Anyone wanting to care for children in the child's home, or caregiver's
home, or centre.
Any parents, guardians, grandparents, child care providers and the
community.
What the Program Offers Member Caregivers:
- Referral Service
- Support
- Playgroup
- Newsletter
- Educational Opportunities
- Guidelines on Opening a Child Care Facility
- Resource, Equipment & Toy Lending Library
- Art Materials at great prices
- Low-cost photocopying and laminating
** And Much Much More **
What the Program Offers Parents & Others:
- Information on Selecting and Assessing Child Care Providers
- Parenting Information and Support
- Playgroup
- Educational Opportunities
- Newsletter
- Resource, Equipment & Toy Lending Library
- Art Materials at great prices
- Low-cost photocopying and laminating
** And Much Much More **
Please see FAIR's Contact Us page for information on how to reach us. See the Important Dates page for information on upcoming Workshops and Special events.
CCRRs province-wide have a wonderful website with lots of general information for parents and childcare providers. Click here www.childcarechoices.ca to go to their page.
Devastating cuts to Early Childhood Programs will have serious impacts on all communities, and as it stands now, will mean huge cuts to all 55 CCRRs in the Province, as well as many other meaningful programs and services. For background information on this Canada-wide emergency, the Code Blue for Childcare website has some excellent materials. For a BC perspective, the BC Childcare Advocacy Forum has some great numbers to demonstrate how far we lag behind on childcare spending.
Exciting News! Families in BC received a huge boost recently when the Trail and Prince George Chambers of Commerce presented an inportant Childcare resolution to the BC Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting in May of 2007. This resolution pointed out that childcare is no longer just a social issue, but an inportant factor in the economy of our Province. This resolution passed unanimously at the AGM, and brought Childcare Issues directly to the business community. See the entire resolution here.
This program is funded by the Province of BC and community contributions.