Temporary emergency childcare for essential workers
We can give you a referral to temporary childcare for children ages 0 to 12 years (including those with special needs) if you:
✓ Provide COVID-19 essential services (please review the list)
✓ Live or work in Vancouver
✓ Have no appropriate alternatives
Please note that our team is working remotely and our office is closed to the public. Learn more.
We provide parents and guardians with tools and resources to help find quality child care in Vancouver. From a list of child care providers to help navigating provincial subsidy applications, we are here to help. Explore our site to find more resources and articles on parenting as well as some of the other services and workshops we deliver to families and early childhood educators. Learn More.
WCCRC is a leader in training and workshops tailored for early childhood educators and caregivers. Our curriculum covers topics for those just entering the field and for those with years of experience who wish to add to their toolbox. And for more resources both for educators and for children in your care – visit our library. Learn More.
Known and respected for our collaboration and community-building, WCCRC provides consultation and guidance to government, researchers and other organizations to promote and support excellence in early care and learning across BC. We are a trusted source of resources, referrals and information for families looking for child care and those who provide it.
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Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre is the host organization for the Vancouver Child Care Resource & Referral (VCCRR). The Vancouver CCRR program provides a wide range of services to support both child care providers and families seeking child care within the City of Vancouver. Visit the www.ccrr.bc.ca website to find CCRRs in other communities in BC.
Stay on top of the latest updates and changes at WCCRC and in the world of child care through the latest news and articles below.
"Child care is a vital community service that supports healthy families and a healthy economy; and child care providers and qualified Early Childhood Educators are essential to providing quality and safe child care"
We honour you and the work you do, today, this month and always. We wanted to provide a small token of our appreciation and a tribute to your care, dedication and creativity...
Join Cassidy from the Westcoast Early Learning Library (WELL) for a virtual storytime all about space! This episode features the book There is an Alien in the House by Refiloe Moahioli with pictures by Sune Nadine (published by Book Dash under Creative Commons licensing on freebooksforkids.org) and a counting song about stars.
Join Cassidy from the Westcoast Early Learning Library (WELL) for a virtual storytime with Pete the Cat and His White Shoes by Dean Litman and James Dean (published by Harper Collins) and a science experiment with colours that you can do at home!
Join Cassidy from the Westcoast Early Learning Library (WELL) for a virtual storytime with I Can Do It Too by Karen Baiker (published by Chronicle), a sign-language song to help us social distance and The Zebra Said Shh by M.R. Nelson and Tamia Sheldon (published by Xist).
Please feel free to use this resource with children and share with friends.