Child Care Policy: Making the Connections was originally a project of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, completed in November 2007.  We continue to support citizen engagement and monitor public policy and funding as core advocacy functions.

In Making the Connections, we develop tools to support community engagement with governments in planning and implementing a focused public investment strategy that will measurably improve access to quality, affordable child care services.  Our work analyzes accountability through public reporting under Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) agreements and related federal transfers specifically for early learning and child care.  These transfers total $600 million for 2008/09. 

Our original project report raises serious questions about the sole reliance on public reporting for accountability.  Nonetheless, the report's recommendations for improved public reporting – including child care plans and measurable performance targets – are central to our ongoing advocacy for accountable public investment in quality, affordable, accessible child care services. 

Our work was recently presented at the annual conference of the Early Childhood Educators of BC and the Canadian Child Care Federation in Vancouver BC. Click here to download the Power Point presentation.

Making the Conections is funded by the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program. The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the CCAAC and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.