- Research overwhelmingly confirms the importance of early childhood experience in healthy child development.
- Children's health and well being depend on the health and well being of their parents.
- Healthy pregnancy leads to healthy babies, and health promotion programs to support pregnant and parenting mothers and fathers are key to healthy beginnings.
- Family Resource Programs and other community initiatives support parents and other caregivers to provide developmentally encouraging environments for children.
- Wait lists to assess and provide services for children with special needs are often long.
- Over 76% of women with children under the age of 12 are in the labour market. This rate is expected to continue to rise resulting in a steady demand for child care services to meet labour force participation needs.
- Parents across BC continue to pay the bulk of the costs related to their child’s daycare.
- Programs and services to support children and families are the cornerstone of a healthy future for all Canadians.
