Resources

Best Start: Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre supports service providers across the province of Ontario working on health promotion initiatives to enhance the health of expectant and new parents, newborns, and young children.

Committed to principles of prevention and education, C&FC creates proactive opportunities for professional development, life-long learning, research, early intervention, and investment in the early years – all aimed at improving early development and child care services for children aged prenatal to twelve and their families in York.

Get help finding, choosing and paying for child care. Includes; Licensed child care centres, Licensed home care, Before and after school programs.

How Does Learning Happen? is a professional learning resource designed to support program development and pedagogy in a variety of early years settings, including licensed child care centres, home-based child care, and family support programs.

To learn more about immunization, vaccines and requirements. Immunization is one of the safest ways to protect you and your child from illness associated with vaccine preventable diseases for children.

Canada’s Food Guide is a nutrition guide produced by Health Canada. “Food guides are basic education tools that are designed to help people follow a healthy diet”

ERIK is a one-step process for making appropriate early referrals to York Region Preschool Speech and Language Program and York Region Early Intervention Services.

The Looksee Checklist is a simple, easy-to-use tool designed to help monitor a child’s development from one month to six years of age. It features a short list of “yes” or “no” questions about the child’s abilities with parenting tips to promote ongoing development. It also includes important skills that a child should master by a particular age and touches on all areas of development. It is free to Ontario residents and is available in multiple languages. Access the checklist by creating an account.

York Support Services Network offers the Community Crisis Response Service for persons living in York Region or South Simcoe who are having a mental health crisis, and their family or friends. By calling our toll free number 1-855-310-COPE (2673) or (TTY) 1-866-323-7785, you can speak with a crisis worker anytime you need to.

Linking Georgina is an independent, self-mandated community-based collaborative. The purpose of Linking Georgina is to improve the health, well being and social outcomes of everyone in Georgina.