Indigenous Early Childhood Development Funding
Funding is provided for culturally appropriate Indigenous early childhood development services, both on- and off-reserve, through Indigenous agencies across B.C. The goal is to:
- Increase the overall health and well-being of Indigenous children
- Foster language and culture development as the basis of all programs and services available to Indigenous children
- Strengthen the capacity of Indigenous communities to deliver a full range of services with an emphasis on early childhood development
- Increase awareness, outreach and access to a wide range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Indigenous communities
Programs
Check out programs available in your area:
These are some programs that have received funding:
- Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC
- Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve (BC First Nations Head Start Program)
- Aboriginal Infant Development Programs of BC
- Aboriginal Supported Child Development
- BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
- BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
- BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
- Community Health Associates of BC
- Delegated Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies
Organizations that are involved in planning:
