Children’s Services

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
The Province has announced that licensed child cares can now reopen.

We are working with our licensed child care Operators to ensure they can open safely over the next few weeks.  Please watch for communication from your licensed child care Provider about when they are opening and the changes they have implemented for a safe return for your child(ren) and their staff.

All EarlyON Child & Family Centre Programs remain closed.

LANARK COUNTY COVID-19 EMERGENCY CHILD CARE

Applications are closed for emergency child care centres

With the announcement that all licensed child care operators may open again we have closed our application process for our emergency child cares. Please contact your regular child care provider to determine the timing of their reopening. If you do not have a regular child care provider you can find a list of licensed child care providers in Lanark County in the ‘2019 Licensed Childcare Available’ link on the right hand side of this page.

During this COVID-19 outbreak Lanark County and the Province of Ontario recognizes health care and other essential front line workers must continue to go to work.
  
In order to support them with the care of their children, Lanark County Children’s Services is providing the provision of licensed child care, free of charge for residents of Lanark County as well as those that work in Lanark County.

While we recognize the safest place for children is at home we also recognize that this is not an option for some essential service workers. The approved child care providers are required to follow existing health and safety requirements and have a plan in place should any staff, children or parents be exposed to the virus.

Lanark County is working with our local Medical Officer of Health and approved child care operators to ensure that additional precautionary safety measures are put in place.

Workers supported through this initiative can be found on the Provincial list of professions supported for Emergency Child Care **

**Please note that professions supported through this program are set by the Province but are not the same as the Essential Work Place list released by the Provincial Government.

Service Start Date:

April 6, 2020

Locations:

Perth TayCare: 100 Wilson St E, Perth, ON K7H 1M4

Smiths Falls Child Development Centre: 73 Thurber St, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 4V1

Ages:

• 18 months to 12 years old

How to apply:

• Applications are closed for emergency child care centres

For any questions please call 613-267-4200 ext 2140 or email ss@lanarkcounty.ca

Child Care Policies & Parent Handbook

Emergency Child Care Policies and Procedures including both Child Care Centre’s Epidemic Plans

Lanark County Emergency Child Care Media Release

Lanark County Emergency Child Care Advertisement Poster

Other News:

All EarlyON Child & Family Centre Programs are Cancelled as of March 14, 2020. This comes as a result of precautionary measures associated to COVID-19. While the local health unit indicates the risk remains low at this time we want to align our direction with the Province.

Please check https://crowlanark.com/earlyon/ for updates around the timing of the EarlyON programming resuming.

In Lanark County, Children’s Services is responsible for the administration of childcare funding under the Childcare and Early Years Act (CCEYA). Some services that the County funds are as follows:

1. Fee Subsidy – provides financial assistance towards the cost of licensed child care programs or licensed home-based care (full or part-time, before and after school, nursery school, etc.).
   • Who is Eligible for Fee Subsidy?
   • Child Care Subsidy Wait List
2. Special Needs Resourcing – provides direct and consultative support to licensed child care programs to enhance the integration of children with special needs.
3. Resource Centre – provides a range of support services to parents and caregivers of young children in the community.