Cari's Infant and Toddler Centre

Childcare Services: Quality licensed group care for up to 24 children aged newborn to 36 months, including snacks and lunches, with priority for space given to participants in the Campbell River Young Parents' Program.  There are also snacks and some meals for young parents. Fees for children of qualifying young parents are paid in full by the MCFD Child Care Subsidy Program. 

Cari's Infant and Toddler Centre is administered by a registered non-profit society with a volunteer board of directors, Forest Circle Society for Families.  The Society also operates Forest Circle Child Care, on the grounds of the North Island College/Timberline campus. 

We believe that a strong partnership between each of the four components (Education, Health, Support, and Child Care) and the parents of the CRYPP is essential. This partnership creates an environment in which parents can meet the demands of day-to-day life while working towards their educational goals and brightening the future for themselves and their families.

Population Served

• Young parents and other community families
• 16 out of 24 spaces are prioritized for participants of CRYPP
• Some priority for space is also given to college students and to children with extra support needs. 
• In order to access an enhanced child care subsidy to cover the cost of child care while working towards high school completion, the young parent must meet the Ministry for Children and Family Development criteria, have become a parent while he/she was less than 20 years of age, and now be aged 24 or less.
• Services are offered to pregnant students and graduated students as they transition in and out of the CRYPP