Child care licensing capacity

About this report 

• The Ministry of Education and Child Care leads implementation of ChildCareBC. Vancouver Coastal Health is one of fi ve 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.