{"id":59086,"date":"2025-08-22T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=59086"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:51:24","slug":"workforce-development-and-operating-model-toolkits-now-available","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/workforce-development-and-operating-model-toolkits-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce Development and Operating Model Toolkits Now Available"},"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\/2025-08-22\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday August 22 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Workforce Development and Operating Model Toolkits Now Available<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting a new child care centre up and running and keeping it going can be challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toolkits have been developed to support both new and existing organizations in starting and running child care centres. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=9E1C758692A2462EB5CA1F0F01CBA148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workforce Development Toolkit<\/a> offers practical strategies, tools and resources to help operators build strong, sustainable teams. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=5B8DD67C2D914CC999ECB791FA0FA8B8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operating Model Toolkit<\/a> provides a framework and best practices for budget and planning child care programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each child care centre is unique. Anyone who is developing or operating child care centres is responsible for thorough planning and meeting all regulatory requirements to ensure quality care at their centre. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=C5829D54F433413F8697B0EE60147BB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Community Development Team<\/a> is available to help with child care expansion projects through all stages of development from concept onwards. The team focuses on strategic expansion and equitable access to child care in all regions of the province and is available to support public and non-profit organizations, including Indigenous organizations and First Nations governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a new child care centre up and running and keeping it going can be challenging. Toolkits have been developed to support both new and existing organizations in starting and running child care centres. The Workforce Development Toolkit offers practical strategies, tools and resources to help operators build strong, sustainable teams. The Operating Model Toolkit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/workforce-development-and-operating-model-toolkits-now-available\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1462],"division":[1418],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-59086","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2025-08-22","division-ccpp","target_bulletin-district-dmb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/59086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/59086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59218,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/59086\/revisions\/59218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=59086"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=59086"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=59086"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=59086"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=59086"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=59086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}