{"id":45508,"date":"2024-08-20T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45508"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:30:11","slug":"new-design-guidelines-for-child-care-centres","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/new-design-guidelines-for-child-care-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"New Design Guidelines for Child Care Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-08-23\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday August 23 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">New Design Guidelines for Child Care Centres<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 19, the Ministry of Education and Child Care published <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=06EA7D4106904A17B65798121BB4EB56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design Guidelines<\/a> for Child Care Centres as a resource to help organizations with child care space creation projects achieve a balance between consistent, quality and functional child care centre designs. These guidelines build on the health and safety standards in the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=D4303D92F87B48E79D3C7A940D08B243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Care and Assisted Living Ac<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=D4303D92F87B48E79D3C7A940D08B243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/332_2007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Licensing Regulation<\/a>. Please note that the Act and Regulation continue to be the standards for child care licensing in B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The design guidelines were informed through engagement with local governments, First Nations, Indigenous organizations, school districts, child care professionals and other interested groups. This resource is available for consideration but is not mandatory. Some new centres may not be able to meet elements of the guidelines due to the unique aspects of their project. Professionals are expected to rely on their professional judgement when applying the guidelines to child care projects. School districts with questions about capital concept development can contact their <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/resource-management\/capital-planning\/cmb_contact_list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regional Director and Planning Officer team<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 19, the Ministry of Education and Child Care published Design Guidelines for Child Care Centres as a resource to help organizations with child care space creation projects achieve a balance between consistent, quality and functional child care centre designs. 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