Early Years Centres

The MWMFF is joining with the government of Nova Scotia to establish three early years centres across the province that will provide support for young children and their families at accessible community locations.

These centres will build on the highly successful SchoolsPlus model being used in schools that help bring seamless access to regulated child care, early learning programs, early intervention and parent education.

Early Years Centres in PEI, Nova Scotia and Ontario have proven invaluable in demonstrating the integration of early childhood services and public education to better serve children and families. “We’re confident the same lessons will ...

Source: Government of Nova Scotia, April 10, 2013

Excerpt: "Families will have better access to the supports they need to ensure their children get a strong start in life thanks to changes and funding announced in this year's budget. Premier Darrell Dexter and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Ramona Jennex visited Rockingstone Heights School in Halifax to talk about the initiatives, which include integrating provincial programs and services for children and families, establishing early years centres, and free, comprehensive physician visits to screen children at 18 and 36 months."

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Source: Overcoming Poverty Together: Community Inclusion Networks Success Stories, Vol. 1 number 1 December 2012

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Kent Region - Kent Community Inclusion Network (CIN Kent)

The Centre for Early Childhood and Family La Boussole, in Richibucto, offers a complete range of services to families with children 0 to 5 years who live in the Greater Richibucto area. La Boussole relies on the participation of several partners such as VON’s Healthy Baby and Me, the program First Steps, the Family Resource Center of Kent, Public Health, the program “Talk to Me”, and many others. They offer activities for children accompanied by ...

The Year 2 research report on the New Brunswick Early Childhood Centres, produced by the Health and Education Research Group (HERG) is now available.

Report description: "This report describes the ongoing evaluation of the integrated platform of services being demonstrated at the New Brunswick Early Childhood Development Centres, and presents selected outcomes from the first two years of implementation.  Research outcomes are expressed in terms of benefits of an integrated model of services; impacts on children, families, staff and service providers; as well as some of the challenges encountered at the community and provincial levels.

Findings from the four provincially ...

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Félicitations La Boussole!

On December 6, 2011, La Boussole, Centre de la petite enfance et de la famille de Richibucto celebrated its first anniversary.  The Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain and Jane Bertrand sent the following message to La Boussole on this occasion:

Together you have accomplished much in the past couple of years. You are building a strong platform of early childhood and family programs aligned to the public education at Soleil Levant School.  Since the opening of La Boussole in the fall of 2010, you have continued to build partnerships, expand services and meet the needs of ...