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ABOUT US 		Memory Lane Family Place Sackville Family Day Care Association      Page last updated March 16, 2005

22 Memory Lane
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
B4C 2J3

Tel: (902) 864-6363 (centre) or (902) 865-8982 (day care)
Warm line: (902) 869-HUGS (4847)
Fax: (902) 864-4998

children@accesswave.ca
www.memorylanefamilyplace.com

Programs & Services offered at Sackville Family Day Care Association Memory Lane Family Place (Click for a complete listing)

Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 6:00pm

Setting: Free-standing centre with several new additions. Lower level houses office facility – lending library and two large meeting/training rooms. Two older homes (second level) are designed as child care settings. Second story of homes used for offices and storage. A warm welcoming facility.

Established: 1980

Clientele: All people. Intended population in CAPC is families with children 0-6. Also service children 0-12 and their parents in family day care program. All FDC families receive provincial subsidy (single parents/low-income families). Geographical area of Cobequid Health Centre -- Bedford, Sackville, Waverley, Wellington, Fall River, Mount Uniacke, Beaver Bank, Lucasville, Hammonds Plains

Are user fees charged? No. Everything is free except a nominal fee for the licensed preschool program and family day care program (both licensed and subsidized)

Any eligibility requirements? Yes. Preschool is for children the year before they start school. To be eligible for the family day care program, families must be approved by the Department of Community Services

Major Funder: Public Health Agency of Canada (CAPC), Department of Community Services (Child Care program and Child Care Information & Support Project), HRDC, Department of Justice

Other Funders: User fees, fundraising, donations

Annual Operating Budget (range): $500,000-$1,000,000

Best Practices:
  • Licensed school readiness program
  • Me and my Dad
  • Family day care
  • Parent education sessions
  • Long-term highly-trained qualified staff
  • Facility designed with the best interest of children and families in mind
Future Program Development:
  • Prenatal/postnatal work
  • Stronger/increased partner programs
  • More formalized volunteer initiatives
  • Literacy programs
Additional Information:
Special expertise in:
  • facilitation training
  • evaluation expertise
  • working with children
  • Board development and Board management (had great success with Boards)
  • proposal writing/accessing funds
  • home visiting (with daycare providers & with moms not ready to come to centre)
  • bullying programs
Centre has been facilitating parent education programs for over two decades.  As well, they have done lots of work with parents and mostly children (ages 6-12) on bullying issues. Effective January 2005, funding has been secured from the Community Mobilization Crime Prevention program to offer anti-violence programs once again for children and families.

Evaluations have demonstrated that the centre is a non-threatening, welcoming environment. Participants feel supported and respected for the capacities they bring. Participant involvement/management reinforces ownership.