Langley City recognizes that child care is an important service for its residents. It enables parents to work and contribute to the local economy, strengthens neighbourhoods, and helps to build a more attractive, stable, and complete community.
Why Child Care?
While childcare licensing and funding is a provincial responsibility, local governments play an important leadership role in planning, coordinating and advocating for childcare and supporting the delivery of quality childcare and early learning spaces. Child care is an important need in Langley City. Langley City’s Child Care Action Plan will help guide Langley City staff and Langley Child Care Service providers in addressing childcare needs and issues.
Langley City Child Care Action Plan
Our City is growing, and to make it more livable and healthy for all residents, the City of Langley has developed a Child Care Action Plan to create and facilitate more affordable childcare opportunities in the community.
The City applied for a grant from the Union of BC Municipalities, and in the spring of 2019, we received $25,000 from the Ministry of Social and Family Development. The funds were used to create an action plan outlining actions by the city, service providers, and other stakeholders that would lead to the creation of new childcare spaces over the next 10 years.
Draft OCP (Official Community Plan) - Child Care
Part of the new draft of the OCP (Official Community Plan) is a safe and inclusive city rich with community amenities, and child care is incorporated into the land use regulations.