County of Renfrew Licensed Home Child Care
The County of Renfrew Licensed Home Child Care Agency contracts with individual child care providers who use their own homes to provide care for children. The agency screens, approves, and monitors the Home Child Care Providers and their family under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 legislation.
The County of Renfrew Licensed Home Child Care Agency (LHCC) believes children are competent, capable of complex thinking, curious, and rich in potential. Each Child Care Provider, with support from the Licensed Home Visitor, must provide an environment that fosters the health, safety, nutrition, and well-being of the children in their care. Daily programming must align with the County of Renfrew Home Child Care Agency program statement.
Benefits to Licensed Home Child Care
- Subsidies may be available for those who qualify
- Low child to adult ratio (maximum of six children)
- All Child Care Providers must possess a clear Vulnerable Sector Check, a Family and Children’s Service’s background character check, and a current Standard First Aid & Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
- Child Care Providers receive ongoing training opportunities, and support.
How to Become a Home Child Care Provider
Parent Handbook & Program Statement
Additional Information
Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 (CCEYA)
Home Child Care and Unlicensed Child Care: How Many Children Are Allowed?
How Does Learning Happen? Ontario's Pedagogy for the Early Years is a professional learning resource for those working in child care and child and family programs.
Find out how to report a concern about a child care provider in Ontario.