10 critical components

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A roadmap for ELCC system building

Based on Child Care Now’s Canada-wide Roadmap to Affordable Child Care for All, these 10 components are critical for early learning and child care (ELCC) system building. The critical components and accompanying curated resources are intended to broaden and deepen knowledge about policy and implementation issues by helping users drill down, understand, and consider the closely linked points.

Public management Sufficient operational funding Public funding with conditions Publicly led and funded expansion Expansion strategies Public and non-profit provision Workforce strategies Data and research Public accountability Democratic participation