East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment - Phase 1 Final Report

The East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Project- Phase One came about as the result of efforts of the East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force, which includes representatives from EK Children First, EK Success by 6 and EK Child Care Resource Referral and a variety of EK community members. Task force members were increasingly aware of communities in the East Kootenay region that were experiencing child care challenges and unmet child care needs. In 2013, a short online community child care survey was conducted by the task force to better understand East Kootenay child care issues. The results of the survey indicated that the region was facing a child care crisis. As such, the task force developed a plan to move forward with a more comprehensive child care needs assessment project.

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