Child care licensing capacity

About this report 

• The Ministry of Education and Child Care leads implementation of ChildCareBC. Vancouver Coastal Health is one of five regional health authorities responsible for licensing, inspecting, and investigating child care facilities.
• Our two audits focused on ChildCareBC’s commitment to “increase capacity in health authorities to license new spaces, conduct investigations, and monitor compliance.”
  • Our first audit looked at whether the Ministry of Education and Child Care had worked with health partners to implement the commitment. 
  • Our second audit considered if Vancouver Coastal Health assessed whether it had capacity to license new spaces, investigate complaints and monitor child care facilities.
• The audits are reported in separate chapters, each with its own conclusion.