In 2010, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators of BC released a draft plan for an Integrated System of Early Care and Learning in BC. The draft responded to BC’s implementation of full school day Kindergarten for 5 year olds and the deepening child care crisis facing BC families.

For over 6 months, thousands of British Columbians engaged in a dialogue about our draft plan. This dialogue helped shape and inform our finalized Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning. 

The Plan, released in April 2011, offers a concrete, innovative and ambitious way forward and provides a framework for significant and lasting change.

Since its release, the Plan has been enthusiastically endorsed and supported by a growing number of individuals and organizations. These voices are calling on government to adopt and implement the Plan so that children, families, communities and our economy are served by a high quality, universal, democratic and accountable system of early care and learning.

There are 3 ways to endorse the Plan:

1. As an individual
2. As an organization
3. As an academic

• NEW: Three fact sheets about the Plan

1. Fact Sheet for BC Parents: What the Plan means for Families
   [English / Chinese / Filipino / Punjabi / Spanish / Vietnamese]
2. It Makes Good Dollars & Sense: Economic Rationale for Public Investment
3. By The Numbers: BC Children, Families and Child Care
   

• Have questions? Check out the FAQ

• Take Action: Community Toolkit

• Highlights of the Plan

We appreciate your interest in sharing this information. Please note that if you are making multiple copies for ECE students at the post-secondary level, we:

• Welcome your donation of $250 per class set, payable to the CCCABC c/o 2772 East Broadway, Vancouver BC V5M 1Y8
• Welcome the opportunity to prepare and mail the copies to you. Please contact us at info@cccabc.bc.ca or membership@ecebc.ca