Licensed Home Child Care

Register online through the waitlist registry for your region. There is no fee to be placed on the waitlist.

The registry lets you research agencies and the types of care offered, map locations near your home or workplace, apply to multiple programs for multiple children at once, learn about fee subsidies, and access and update your application anywhere, anytime.

Sudbury
onehsn.com/sudbury or call 3-1-1

Nipissing (North Bay)
onehsn.com/nipissing

The waitlist registry is also your starting point for learning about fee subsidies available in your area.

Fee schedules vary by ages and program type. Families with children under 6 may be eligible for reduced fees through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement. Separate fee schedules apply for children 6 and older.

Once a match becomes available, the YMCA Home Child Care team will contact you to begin the registration process. You’ll receive a registration package to complete and return.

Before care begins, you’ll have the opportunity to interview your matched provider and ensure it’s the right fit for your family. Your YMCA consultant remains your ongoing point of contact for any questions, concerns, or changes in care.

Everything you need to read before your child’s first day.

Pre-Authorized Payment Agreement
Please complete this form to update payment information.

Emergency Card
Please complete this form to update contact information.

Request to Modify Existing Care Form
Should you need to make any changes to your child care registration (add or remove care, withdrawal, program transfer), please complete the below form completing the appropriate section. Once you have completed the form, please send it to your childcare program supervisor for approval.

Infant-Toddler Information Page
Please fill out the form below so that we can get to know your child better.

Child Care Guidance Procedure Sign-Off
Please fill out the form below to sign-off on YMCA Child Care Guidance Procedures.

Consent to Exchange Information with Community Partners
Please complete the appropriate form for your district allowing the YMCA to exchange information regarding your child with our community partners.

Nipissing/Parry Sound

Sudbury/Manitoulin

Authorization for Non-Prescription Over-the-Counter Medications
Please complete this form in order to allow the YMCA to administer non-prescription over-the-counter medications to your child. These include: Sunscreen, Moisturizing Skin Lotion, Lip Balm, Insect Repellent, Sanitizer and Diaper Cream.

Authorization for Prescription Medications
Please complete this form in order to allow the YMCA to administer prescription medication to your child.

Individual Anaphylactic Plan Form
Please fill out the form below regarding the plan and emergency procedures should your child have an anaphylactic reaction.

Individual Medical Plan Form
Please fill out the form below regarding the plan and emergency procedures if your child has medical needs.

Consent for Transportation of Children Form
Please fill out the form below to consent to the transportation of your child.

Consent for Walking Children Form
Please fill out the form below to consent to your child walking to and from care.

Many children, families, and staff/providers in child care and early years settings are experiencing increased stress and anxiety, feelings of isolation and are worried about their health and wellbeing and that of their family and friends. Below are some resources and tips about mental health and well-being to support the child care and early years sector, children, and families. This information comes from the Ministry of Education.

Importance of Self-Care
Consider how to model and promote self-care, support connections and relationships and model flexibility and empathy. Take care of yourself first. If you are well, you will be in a better position to support the others around you.

Resources like Self-Care 101 and The Wheel of Well-Being could be helpful to you and the children and families you work with.

Diverse Backgrounds and Communities
Consider the realities faced by different communities. What is needed? What are they telling us? What can be done? The Youth Mental Health Resource Hub offers posters and resources that may help child care and early years operators consider the different needs of the children and families they support.

Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being
Supporting children’s mental health can begin by modelling the behaviours and coping strategies for children to follow. Providing children with opportunities to work cooperatively, feel empowered and assist others can also support mental health and well-being. Additionally, it is important to create a space where children feel comfortable to vocalize their challenges and needs.

For information about the many available and free mental health services and supports for children and adults, visit COVID-19: Support for People. The Kids Help Phone website also offers resources that can be shared with children and families to support mental health and wellbeing.

Supporting children’s learning, development and emotional well-being helps to maintain positive spaces for children to thrive. The province has created a resource entitled Building on How Does Learning Happen? Pedagogical Approaches to Re-opening Early and Child Care Programs in Ontario to support child care and early years providers to safely operate programs during COVID-19 pandemic through shared ideas, reflective questions and lessons learned. The document also contains links to resources that may be useful, including Children’s Mental Health Ontario resources for how to speak to children about their feelings/help them cope (https://cmho.org/covid19/).