2022-2025 Early Learning and Child Care Plan

The Early Learning and Child Care Plan (ELCCP) is a vision and action-plan for Halton Region’s early learning and childcare sector. Halton Region leads the development and oversight of the ELCCP to ensure we are remaining responsive to the needs of families and service providers in our growing community.

The ELCCP reflects the shared views, needs and goals of children, families, early learning professionals and leaders in Halton. It is the result of several months of consultation through online surveys, virtual engagement sessions and meetings with community organizations on how we can continue to deliver high-quality early learning and childcare programs and services.

Our plan builds on a vision of ensuring all families in Halton have access to responsive, high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early learning and child care programs and services. This vision will guide Halton’s early learning and child care sector into 2025. In line with our vision, the 2022–2025 ELCCP has five strategic objectives:

• responsive 
• high-quality 
• affordable 
• accessible 
• inclusive 

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Halton Region Directed Growth Plan

Halton’s Directed Growth Plan: An Appendix to the Early Learning and Child Care Service Plan (2024 – 2026)

As a condition of CWELCC participation, the Region is required to develop a Directed Growth Plan for Halton. This plan is legislated by the Province and is used to guide how and where new CWELCC spaces the Province allocates to the Region through to 2026.

Halton’s Directed Growth Plan: An Appendix to the Early Learning and Child Care Service Plan is an extension of Halton’s 2022-2025 Early Learning and Child Care Plan. It includes priorities for enrollment and expansion of affordable childcare spaces in CWELCC, including priority neighbourhoods and priorities for childcare under the Ministry of Education’s Access and Inclusion Framework and CWELCC Guidelines.

Read Halton’s Directed Growth Plan: An Appendix to the Early Learning and Child Care Service Plan (2024 – 2026) (PDF File)

Resources

Are you an Early Learning and Child Care operator or professional? Halton Region in partnership with community agencies offers supports for childcare professionals, including programs, system planning resources and funding.

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