Home Child Care

Family Day is a licensed child care agency (under the Day Nurseries Act) offering home child care in Peel Region, York Region and East Toronto (see map).

What is Licensed Home Child Care?

• Caregivers provide care for children from infancy-12 years, with a maximum of 5 child care children (no more than 2 children under the age of 2 years). A caregiver's children under the age of six years are included in this count.
  
  
• Family Day contracts with individual caregivers who use their own homes to look after children.
  
  
• Caregivers are screened, approved and monitored by Family Day's Home Child Care Coordinators.
  
  
• The Ministry of Children and Youth Services inspects Family Day and some home child care locations at least once a year to make sure that they are meeting the requirements of the Day Nurseries Act.
  
  
• Fee assistance (subsidy) may be available to eligible families.
  
  
• In our Toronto program, Family Day provides integrated home child care for children ages six months to 18 years who have diagnosed developmental delays.

Why Choose Home Child Care

How does a child benefit from Family Day home child care?

• A smaller "family-style" setting can help some children feel more comfortable.
• Siblings of varied ages can attend the same caregiver home
• A child’s individual needs may more easily meet in a smaller group setting.
• Children in the home develop close relationships with each other and with the caregiver.
• Children participate in outings to the library, park, Ontario Early Years Centres and Family Day playgroups.

How do parents benefit from Family Day home child care?

• Home child care may be able to accommodate more flexible hours of care which may be required by shift workers.
• On the first visit to a caregiver home, parents are accompanied by a Family Day Home Child Care Coordinator, who assists with the interview process.
• Parents and caregivers work together to develop consistent standards of care and behaviour between the family home and the caregiver home.
• Parents have regular access to resources and support from Family Day staff.

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Family Day Home Child Care may be the right option for your family.

Family Day's Home Child Care Coordinators provide ongoing support to the caregiver, the parents and the children in care.

Caregivers have access to ongoing training in child development, first aid, nutrition and programming through "I Care for Kids, I Care for Quality" - a six-part home study guide for caregivers to review and improve the quality of care they provide in their home. Each of the six parts of the guide represents a standard of quality based on research and carefully selected best practices to support the healthy growth and development of children.

Caregivers and children attend Family Day playgroups, Ontario Early Years Centres and enjoy community outings.

Family Day assists caregivers in providing fun, age-appropriate daily early learning activities for the children.

Family Day monitors the child care homes for safety and cleanliness, and ensures that all homes are in compliance with the Day Nurseries Act.

Caregivers and all adults living in the caregiver home are required to have a criminal record check; everyone in the caregiver home has appropriate immunizations and a TB test.

All homes are smoke free.

Caregivers have a current Infant and Child First Aid certificate and CPR.

Areas we Serve

Fee Assistance/Subsidy

You may qualify for child care subsidy. Contact the Children's Services in the area you live for more information and to apply: City of Toronto | Region of Peel | Region of York