Vancouver Coastal Early Years Framework

The Sunshine Coast ECD Planning Table has an opportunity to offer our input on an important new project that is now under development: The Vancouver Coastal Early Years Framework.

The Steering Committee for this project includes Kirsten Deasey, Debbie Amaral and Sarah Pond. See full list here http://www.vancouver-coastal-early-years-framework.org/project_contacts.php

The project steering committee members are currently gathering feedback from the various groups they are connected with using a consultation paper. This paper includes background information, a draft framework and 8 consultation questions.

Deadline for our feedback is June 15th, 2008.

Here is some more info about the project:

Early years services in the Vancouver Coastal region are provided and/or supported by a number of public and community organizations. These organizations include the Vancouver Coastal Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, school districts, community based agencies and ECD tables, the Vancouver Coastal Aboriginal Planning Committee, Success By 6, and The Human Early Learning partnership (HELP),

These various organizations may have differing roles but all have the same goal of promoting the best possible environment for early child development.  A Framework is needed to provide a way of making logical decisions within the complexity of different funders and partners and other existing and emerging frameworks.
For the purposes of this Framework, early child development is focused on all children, prenatal to six years and their families and guardians.

It is intended that this framework will clarify and formalize the ways in which people within the regional early years system(s) relate to each other and work together towards a shared vision of the future. It is also intended that this framework will compliment and link to other early years frameworks .

Here is a link to some background:
http://www.vancouver-coastal-early-years-framework.org/background_and_research.php