Welcome to the Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC), your source for all things child care. We offer information about both licensed and informal child care services in Niagara and a lending library of learning resources and classroom equipment, as well as child care related training, consulting, research, project management, and technology services.
Best of all, as an independent, membership-driven, non-profit corporation dedicated to helping individuals and organizations achieve their child care goals, our products and services are highly affordable. Some are even offered free of charge, thanks to the generosity of The Regional Municipality of Niagara - Children's Services, donors, corporate sponsors, and community partners.
Whether you're a parent searching for a licensed child care centre close to home, an ECE looking for fresh program planning ideas, the owner of a licensed child care centre seeking training for your staff, or you home school your children and would like to borrow curriculum aids and learning equipment, the ECCDC can help. Please take a few minutes to explore our site and if you have any questions, give us a call at 905-646-7311 or click on the envelope to send an email  .
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Bringing the Pieces Together Conference - Nurturing Children's Growth and Development through Quality Child Care Niagara. Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21, 2008. Click here for more information and to register.
April '08 - The ECCDC's Understanding the Early Years project has developed a CD containing all 296 maps produced for the Niagara Region and it's municipalities. These maps include data from the 2007 Community Resource Inventory Survey, 2006 Early Development Instrument, and 2001 Census. To find out more about the maps or obtain a copy of the CD, please contact Glory Ressler by phone: 905-646-7311 ext. 319 or email: gressler@eccdc.org. ECCDC members can also access this information through catalogued print and CD version in the ECCDC Library.
09-06-07 - Recent changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act (part of the Day Nurseries Licensing Checklist) from the Ministry of Children & Youth Services. More -->
Niagara Child Care Sector
The voice of child care in Niagara
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Links - If you would like to add your link, please click on the envelope to send an email request
The Special Needs Steering Committee works collaboratively with the child care system to ensure that the delivery of services for children with special needs and their families are provided equitably and inclusively across Niagara. Link to Special Needs Steering Committee --> |
