$8 new child care spaces expected to support Colwood families – Goldstream Gazette
Sept. 18, 2024
The Aboriginal Head Start program will support 48 children and their families
West Shore families are expected to benefit from new culturally-relevant child care spaces through the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program.
AHS is an early-learning and child care program for Indigenous children up to age six and their families, which provides wraparound family support and inclusion services at no cost. A new AHS centre will provide 48 child care spaces in Colwood, according to the B.C. Government.
“Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia (AHSABC) is growing culturally rich spaces in a big way,” said Joan Gignac, executive director of AHSABC, in a news release. “829 AHS-licenced full-day child care spaces have been created since 2018 in 23 communities across B.C. This has been life-changing for Indigenous families in B.C.”
