How
The Centralized Waiting List Works
1.
Please note that the Centralized
Waiting List does not guarantee you one of the vacant spots.
2.
Your registration date will be the date
your completed registration form is received at our office. As much as
possible, the priority procedure for clients on the Centralized Waiting
List operates on a “first come, first served” basis.
3.
Individual child care services may also
have their own internal policies concerning the selection process,
particularly relating to priority for children of the same family or
children of parents/guardians who study or work in an organization or
workplace that supports the child care program.
4.
As parents/guardians, you should
contact Child Care
Information as soon as possible to report any changes in the
information in your child’s file (address,
telephone number(s), e-mail address, family situation, date of
application, choice of service, etc.) so as not to lose your
priority. When new child care services are added to a client’s file, the
date of this addition represents the date the services concerned were
requested.
5.
The child care service’s staff will contact you when there
are one or more vacancies to offer you. Please note that it is very
common to wait more than a year for a space-- especially for a subsidized
one.
6.
As long as the file remains active, an information
counsellor will contact you to verify the information and to complete the
annual revision of your file.
AFTER YOU HAVE ACCEPTED A SPACE
1.
Child Care Information should be
notified by both the child care service and by the parent/guardian when a
space has been filled. Each client is allowed a two-month grace period
after Child Care Information has been notified that the client has obtained a space. This means that
the original registration form received date will be maintained for two
months in case, for any reason, the parent/guardian needs to continue
looking for a child care service.
2.
Once the grace period has expired, the
client’s file will be closed, but can be reactivated as soon as a new
application is received.
3.
If you have accepted a space with a child care service but
would like to remain on the Centralized Waiting List for a future space,
it is your responsibility as a parent/guardian to communicate this to Child Care Information when
you notify us of your child/children’s placement. If you haven’t
communicated with us, we will assume that you no longer require care for
the child/children in question and we will close the file(s) after the
two-month grace period. You may also indicate that future child
care options are required on the initial registration form.
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