Children, Youth and Parenting Support
Positive parenting and support for the care and development of children and youth contribute to the health and well-being of families and communities. The MFSP supports parents in their care giving role, and provides opportunities for healthy development of children and youth.
Mandated Services
- Activities and Initiatives for children and Youth
- Parent/Caregiver Education and Support
- Emergency Childcare
- Emergency Respite Child care
- Casual Childcare
Activities and Initiatives for Children and Youth
Service Goal:
Promote optimal development of children and youth.
Objectives:
- Children have opportunities for social interaction and learning.
- Children and youth, to the extent to which they are able, participate in the planning, and evaluation and monitori8ng of services and activities.
- Youth are engaged in community activities.
Parent/ Caregiver Education and Support Services
Service Goal:
Promote positive parenting and healthy child and youth development support family cohesion.
Objectives:
- Parents and caregivers are actively involved in planning, evaluation and monitoring key service and activities.
- Parents and caregivers have access to child and youth related information and resources.
- Parents have access to information about their child care options.
- Parents and caregivers have opportunities to develop their parenting and care giving skills.
- Parents and caregivers have access to resources to help them identify and find high quality child care.
- Parents and caregivers have access to current and appropriate information and referrals for children with special needs.
Emergency Child Care
Service Goal: Families have a family care plan in place to address their child care needs; Support the ability of CF members to be available for duty if their child care plan fails.
Objectives:
- Families understand the importance of a child care plan.
- Families are assisted with the development of the child care plan.
- MFRCs respect the emergency child care choices of parents.
- Families have access to emergency child care services that respond to sudden and unforeseen needs.
- Families are aware of their eligibility for emergency child care.
- Families are prepared for emergency situations requiring child care.
Emergency Respite Child Care
Service Goal:Â
Support family well-being of deployed CF members and relieve some of the stressors related to child care.
Objectives:
- Families of deployed CF members have access to emergency respite child care services.
- Families are aware of their eligibility of emergency respite child care.
Casual Child Care Services
Service Goal:
Facilitate access to casual child care.
Objectives:
- Casual child care is available so that members can participate in MFRC services.
- Casual child care services are ready available to meet parents’ needs.
