Description:
The Ontario Early Years Policy Framework builds on our collective progress and provides a vision for the early years to ensure children, from birth to age six, have the best possible start in life. The framework is supported by a set of principles and is meant to provide strategic direction to our early years partners both within and outside of government. Moving forward, the Ontario Early Years Policy Framework will guide our collective approach to the development and delivery of early years programs and services for children and families.
This framework also identifies priority areas for action.
Our immediate focus will be to:
• continue with the implementation of full-day kindergarten by
September 2014;
• create an effective approach to implementing Best Start Child
and Family Centres by September 2014;
• improve the delivery of speech and language services;
• stabilize and transform the child care sector.
A common framework and approach will have far-reaching benefits for children, parents, families and caregivers, and early years partners, including municipalities, First Nations, school boards,
and other community partners, as well as for Ontario as a whole.